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RE: How to deal with xpath's Comparison expression ?


xpath comparison
Try one of:

book[text()[normalize-space()='aaabbb']] 

book[text()[contains(.,'aaabbb')]] 

book[contains(.,'aaabbb')]

They all mean different things and I can't tell from your requirements which
one you actually want - but they will all match your example. 

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ChaoyanChen [mailto:chen_chaoyan@f...] 
> Sent: 14 January 2006 06:36
> To: xml-dev@l...
> Subject:  How to deal with xpath's Comparison expression ?
> 
> Hello everyone:
> 	I am doing a selection from an xml file.This file looks like:
> <bookstore>
> <book category="WEB">
>   aaabbb
>   <title lang="en">Learning XML</title>
>   <author>Erik T. Ray</author>
>   <year>2003</year>
>   <price>39.95</price>
> </book>
> <book category="WEB">
>   <title lang="en">XQuery Kick Start</title>
>   <author>James McGovern</author>
>   <author>Per Bothner</author>
>   <author>Kurt Cagle</author>
>   <author>James Linn</author>
>   <author>Vaidyanathan Nagarajan</author>
>   <year>2003</year>
>   <price>49.99</price>
> </book>
> </bookstore>
> 
> How can I find out the node which contains the "aaabbb" text 
> using " = "
> expression?
> I build the xpath like : /bookstore/book[text()="aaabbb"]
> But that doesn't work.
> 
> Thanx a lot for your help!
> 
> 
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