What is the XPath to get value if attribute is equal only to one of two possible values

Question

Having the XML

<node attribute="value1">text</node>

what would be the XPath to extract the text if attribute is value1 or value2? For any other attribute value I'm expecting no match.

What works for me is

/node[@attribute = 'value1' or @attribute = 'value2']/text()

Is there any shorter notation for the same? I don't want to duplicate attribute name twice.

Can you try `//node[@attribute=('value1','value2')]`? – Jack Fleeting Oct 17 '19 at 11:16 — Jack Fleeting, Oct 17 '19 at 11:16
it works, you can post it as answer and I'll accept it – Michal Kordas Oct 17 '19 at 11:37 — Michal Kordas, Oct 17 '19 at 11:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '19 at 11:41

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If your xpath version supports this, use

//node[@attribute=('value1','value2')]

answered Oct 17 '19 at 11:41

Jack Fleeting

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