XPath select node that don't have specified child

Question

<a> <b /> <c /> </a> <a1> <b /> </a1>

How can I select nodes, that don't have specified child node? For example I need all node, that doesn't have c node, in my example a1.

dogbane · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-20 14:39:53Z

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Given:

<root> <a> <b /> <c /> </a> <a1> <b /> </a1> </root>

Use: /root/*[not(c)]

The result is a1.

answered Feb 20, 2013 at 14:39

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I think, you can suggest XPATH as /*/*[not(c)]