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Use this tag for questions specific to XML Path Language (XPath) version 1.0

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Can I select in XPath based on a variable attribute?

I think this isn't possible but would like to have a definitive answer. XML: French ... My Book Me XPath 101 …
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XPath: difference between "//*[contains(.,'sometext')]" and "//*[contains(text(),'sometext')]"

I want to clearly understand what is the difference between the following XPath expressions "//*[contains(.,'sometext')]" and "//*[contains(text(),'sometext')]". From this great answer I understand, that text() returns a set of individual nodes,…
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Return nodes that have siblings that start-with substring of self

I'm trying to come up with a clean Xpath 1.0 expression in Excel's FILTERXML() function to return nodes with the following requirement: The node must have a sibling (following) that starts with the exact same three characters of itself. The point…
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How to find elements through text ignoring the case using Selenium and Xpath

I'm using java version "1.8.0_191" and selenium 3.141.59. I'm trying to find out if a page contains the word "error" or "erreur". Also, I want it to be case insensitive. Finding a text is easy: List elementList =…
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Extract, create and append using xpath and telegram instant view