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I need to extract the text 120 from this HTML code:



<section class="details">
<h2>Détails du bien</h2>

<table>
....
<tr>
<td>Surface habitable (m²)</td>
<td class="right" title="120">120 </td>
</tr>
...
</table>
</section>


I used this xpath, but it returns an empty list:



//td[contains(text(),"Surface")]/td[@class="right"]/text()


What am I doing wrong?










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    I need to extract the text 120 from this HTML code:



    <section class="details">
    <h2>Détails du bien</h2>

    <table>
    ....
    <tr>
    <td>Surface habitable (m²)</td>
    <td class="right" title="120">120 </td>
    </tr>
    ...
    </table>
    </section>


    I used this xpath, but it returns an empty list:



    //td[contains(text(),"Surface")]/td[@class="right"]/text()


    What am I doing wrong?










    share|improve this question



























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      I need to extract the text 120 from this HTML code:



      <section class="details">
      <h2>Détails du bien</h2>

      <table>
      ....
      <tr>
      <td>Surface habitable (m²)</td>
      <td class="right" title="120">120 </td>
      </tr>
      ...
      </table>
      </section>


      I used this xpath, but it returns an empty list:



      //td[contains(text(),"Surface")]/td[@class="right"]/text()


      What am I doing wrong?










      share|improve this question















      I need to extract the text 120 from this HTML code:



      <section class="details">
      <h2>Détails du bien</h2>

      <table>
      ....
      <tr>
      <td>Surface habitable (m²)</td>
      <td class="right" title="120">120 </td>
      </tr>
      ...
      </table>
      </section>


      I used this xpath, but it returns an empty list:



      //td[contains(text(),"Surface")]/td[@class="right"]/text()


      What am I doing wrong?







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      edited Nov 20 at 19:41









      Guillaume

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          Try to use xPath axes:



          //td[contains(text(),"Surface")]/following-sibling::td[@class="right"]/text()



          This should solve your problem.






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            Try to use xPath axes:



            //td[contains(text(),"Surface")]/following-sibling::td[@class="right"]/text()



            This should solve your problem.






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              Try to use xPath axes:



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              This should solve your problem.






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                Try to use xPath axes:



                //td[contains(text(),"Surface")]/following-sibling::td[@class="right"]/text()



                This should solve your problem.






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                Try to use xPath axes:



                //td[contains(text(),"Surface")]/following-sibling::td[@class="right"]/text()



                This should solve your problem.







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