Select a node based on name in html agility pack

Question

I have a form element like this:

<form autocomplete="on" class="class1" action="action1" method="post" name="name1">
</form>

There are 5 forms in webpage, I can access forms using class attribute:

doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//form[@class='class1']")

I am trying to capture this by using name attribute but it is coming null:

doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//form[@name='name1']")

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Cross-check: What does `doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//form[@name]")` give you? — Tomalak, Jul 17 '14 at 13:50
@Tomalak - it is giving me the collection of all the forms now — Zameer Ansari, Jul 17 '14 at 15:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 17 '14 at 14:48

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(I don't know why but ) This is giving the desired form:

doc.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("//form[@name='name1']")

answered Jul 17 '14 at 14:48

Zameer Ansari

This is very strange. – Tomalak Jul 17 '14 at 15:11
@Tomalak - really, I actually tried your suggestion. It gave me the collection of forms, then I tried this code and it did not returned null this time – Zameer Ansari Jul 17 '14 at 15:12
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`SelectSingleNode` internally does the same thing `SelectNodes` does. If you get a result with one of the functions, you *should* get a result with the other as well. – Tomalak Jul 17 '14 at 15:14

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