how to evaluate a xpath without considing the empty Text node using JDom2

Question

For an xml segment:

<tr>
  <td>
   Price:
  </td>
  <td>
      <span>
         <b>
           $11.85
         </b>
      </span>
  </td>
</tr>

when I evaluate the xpath: //text()[preceding::text()[normalize-space(.)!=''][position()=1][normalize-space()='Price:']] , the result is :

[ 
]
[

]
[ 

]
[ 
$11.85
]

but I only want to find the [$11.85]. So what can I do to evaluate a xpath without considering the empty text node?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '13 at 05:16

0

Try this XPATH to get $11.85:

//text()[normalize-space(.)!=''][ancestor::td/preceding-sibling::td[1][normalize-space(.)='Price:']]

answered May 22 '13 at 05:16

Navin Rawat

Thank you for your answer! But in my real situation, I want to get text $11.85 based on the preceding-sibling Text node "Price". – radium May 22 '13 at 07:27

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