Questions tagged [selectnodes]

Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression.

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SelectSingleNode returns null when tag contains xmlNamespace

I'm loading a string into an XML document that contains the following structure:
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How to select all leaf nodes using XPath expression?

I believe it's possible but couldn't figure out the syntax. Something like this: xmlNode.SelectNodes("//*[count(child::*) <= 1]") but this is not correct.
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C# XmlDocument SelectNodes is not working

I want to get the value from XML file but I failed. Can you please help me point out the problem ?? Because I already tried very hard to test and googling but I still can't spot the problem. XML :
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How to create Conditional Xpath statement?

I want to select xml node with conditional Xpath like- xmlnode.SelectSingleNode("if (ns:substanceAdministration/ns:consumable/@typeCode == UNK) then evaluateThisXpath else evaluateOtherXpath") my concern is-
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XElement to get all sub-element node names and values

I'm thinking of an approach something like this. Please let me know if this can actually work this way: For Sample XML: abc def 123 456
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XmlDocument.SelectSingleNode and prefix + xmlNamespace issue

I have the following string loaded to an XML document:
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HtmlAgilityPack SelectNodes expression to ignore an element with a certain attribute

I am trying to select nodes except from script nodes and a ul that has a class called 'relativeNav'. Can someone please direct me to the right path? I have been searching for this for a week and I can't find it anywhere. Currently I have this but it…
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XmlNodeList (why is this empty)

I can't understand why this NodeList is Empty XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument(); document.Load(xmlpath); XmlNodeList nodes = document.SelectNodes("/StructureResponse/rootItem/attributes/Attribute"); Here the XmlFile
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Basics of XmlNode.SelectNodes?

I'm not sure why this isn't working. I have an XmlNode in a known-format. It is: <[setting-name]> <[block-of-xml-to-process]/> <[block-of-xml-to-process]/> <[block-of-xml-to-process]/> …
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SelectNodes and GetElementsByTagName

what are main differences between SelectNodes and GetElementsByTagName.
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select elements with the name attribute name in special xml structure

below is the structure of my xml document. I just want to first take the value of every node then make a comparison of it with a given value. However I don't how to locate of each node using xml selectnodes…
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javascript selectNodes on parsed xml

How can I use the selectNode() function on a parsed XML message in javascript?