If I selected an element using XPATH how can I get its name?
I mean something like text() function in //element/[@id=elid]/text().
If I selected an element using XPATH how can I get its name? I
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If I selected an element using XPATH how can I get its name?
I mean something like text() function in //element/[@id=elid]/text().
Use
name(). (Find docs for newer versions of the XPath language here.)Here are modified versions of your example:
Works in XPath 2.0+ only:
Works in XPath 1.0 and 2.0+*:
*If using 2.0+, the expression
//element/*[@id='elid']must only return one element. Otherwise you’ll get an error likeA sequence of more than one item is not allowed as the first argument of fn:name()You could also use
local-name()which returns the local part of the expanded name (without any namespace prefix).