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Xpath '//' Notation 1

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Skittle

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I can't quite get my head round the '//' notation.

The books indicate '//' identifies a decendant of the current node. What is the difference between a child and a decendant?

Dazed and confused
 
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If the path starts with a slash ( / ) it represents an absolute path to an element!

If the path starts with two slashes ( // ) then all elements in the document that fulfill the criteria will be selected (even if they are at different levels in the XML tree)!

hth

simon

 
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