Re: Brackets in XPATHS

Edward.Middleton@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> /xpath1/(xpath2|xpath3)/xpath3

I think you meant xpath4 at the end.

| is used to produce a node-set that is the union of 2 node-sets. It does not
indicate alternate paths, really, although in practice it might often seem
that way. There are limits as to where in an expression you can use it.

You can start with a node-set and refine it, but you can't reference a
node-set (the union of xpath2 and xpath3) as if it were the child of another
node-set (xpath1).

(/xpath1/xpath2|/xpath1/xpath3)/xpath4 should work for you.

   - Mike
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