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Asked: 2026-05-10T15:30:41+00:00

How can I use XPath to select an XML-node based on its content? If

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How can I use XPath to select an XML-node based on its content?

If I e.g. have the following xml and I want to select the <author>-node that contains Ritchie to get the author’s full name:

<books>     <book isbn='0131103628'>         <title>The C Programming Language</title>         <authors>             <author>Ritchie, Dennis M.</author>             <author>Kernighan, Brian W.</author>         </authors>     </book>     <book isbn='1590593898'>         <title>Joel on Software</title>         <authors>             <author>Spolsky, Joel</author>         </authors>     </book> </books>
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  1. /books/book/authors/author[contains(., 'Ritchie')]

    or

    //author[contains(., 'Ritchie')]
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