xpath expression with namespace

Question

If I have a XML file like this:

<abc:persons> <abc:person id="1"> ... </abc:person> <abc:person id="2"> ... </abc:person> </abc:persons>

Given this, what's the xpath expression will be if I want to select person with id is 1.

Thanks.

And you have tried... what, so far? Please tell me that you don't just came by to have somebody write code for you. — Tomalak
– Tomalak, Commented Oct 30, 2013 at 6:43
Your XML file is not namespace-well-formed. It has no declaration for the namespace prefix "abc". — Michael Kay
– Michael Kay, Commented Oct 30, 2013 at 8:55

resigned · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-30 22:09:04Z

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Try searching for the element and using a predicate to distinguish the attribute values:

//abc:person[@id = 1]

answered Oct 30, 2013 at 22:09

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BeniBela · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-30 22:14:21Z

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In XPath 2 you could also use:

//*:person[@id = 1]

if you cannot declare a namespace

answered Oct 30, 2013 at 22:14

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