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Asked: 2026-05-24T04:56:31+00:00

I want to extract text outside tags. For example, <body> This is an exmaple

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I want to extract text outside tags. For example,

<body>
    This is an exmaple
    <p>
        blablabla
    </p>
    <references>
        refer 1
        refer 2
    </references>
</body>

I want to get the text “This is an example” only without text in other tags (p or reference). I tried several methods but does not work. Any1 can help? Big thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You must think a text inside a tag like a node. A text node is retrieved using the test node text(). Example. Given:

    <body>
    This is an exmaple
    <p>
    blablabla
    <\p>
    <references>
        refer 1
        refer 2
    <\references>
    another example
<\body>

    XPath:

    "/body/text()"

    Will retrieve all children text nodes of body, like “This is an exmaple” and “another example”, while:

    "/body/text()[1]"

    will retrieve only the first one, “This is an exmaple”. If you want all the descendant text nodes you can use:

    "/body//text()"

    or, you want all the text nodes inside first p:

    "/body/p[1]//text()"
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