Try it Yourself: XML XPath

XML XPath

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&lt;!--
Document:
&lt;catalog&gt;
  &lt;book category="fiction"&gt;
    &lt;title&gt;Night Watch&lt;/title&gt;
    &lt;price&gt;18.50&lt;/price&gt;
  &lt;/book&gt;
  &lt;book category="reference"&gt;
    &lt;title&gt;XML Essentials&lt;/title&gt;
    &lt;price&gt;34.00&lt;/price&gt;
  &lt;/book&gt;
&lt;/catalog&gt;
--&gt;

/catalog/book              -&gt; both &lt;book&gt; elements
/catalog/book[1]           -&gt; the first &lt;book&gt; (Night Watch)
//title                    -&gt; every &lt;title&gt; anywhere in the document
/catalog/book[@category='reference']  -&gt; the book with that attribute value
/catalog/book[price&gt;20]/title         -&gt; titles of books priced above 20
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<pre>
&lt;!--
Document:
&lt;catalog&gt;
  &lt;book category="fiction"&gt;
    &lt;title&gt;Night Watch&lt;/title&gt;
    &lt;price&gt;18.50&lt;/price&gt;
  &lt;/book&gt;
  &lt;book category="reference"&gt;
    &lt;title&gt;XML Essentials&lt;/title&gt;
    &lt;price&gt;34.00&lt;/price&gt;
  &lt;/book&gt;
&lt;/catalog&gt;
--&gt;

/catalog/book              -&gt; both &lt;book&gt; elements
/catalog/book[1]           -&gt; the first &lt;book&gt; (Night Watch)
//title                    -&gt; every &lt;title&gt; anywhere in the document
/catalog/book[@category='reference']  -&gt; the book with that attribute value
/catalog/book[price&gt;20]/title         -&gt; titles of books priced above 20
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