xpath condition select text of one node or another node
this is my test data
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>foo 1</td>
<td>first interest</td>
<td>bar 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>foo 2</td>
<td>
<p>second interest</p>
</td>
<td>bar 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
I'd like to select every time text of second cell (td[2]) of table row but problem is that the text can be in another subelement (paragraph p).
When I execute this xpath //tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/p/text() | //tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/text() the result is ok, but if I execute this for second row //tbody/tr[2]/td[2]/p/text() | //tbody/tr[2]/td[2]/text() then I get three texts where first and last are empty. How can I modify the xpath to get everytime only the text which I'm interested in. Note: there can be also empty cell, that I don't want to get.
thanks
html xml xpath
asked Nov 24 '18 at 12:32
bilakbilak
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this is my test data
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>foo 1</td>
<td>first interest</td>
<td>bar 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>foo 2</td>
<td>
<p>second interest</p>
</td>
<td>bar 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
I'd like to select every time text of second cell (td[2]) of table row but problem is that the text can be in another subelement (paragraph p).
When I execute this xpath //tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/p/text() | //tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/text() the result is ok, but if I execute this for second row //tbody/tr[2]/td[2]/p/text() | //tbody/tr[2]/td[2]/text() then I get three texts where first and last are empty. How can I modify the xpath to get everytime only the text which I'm interested in. Note: there can be also empty cell, that I don't want to get.
thanks
html xml xpath
asked Nov 24 '18 at 12:32
bilakbilak
1,27311338
add a comment |
this is my test data
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>foo 1</td>
<td>first interest</td>
<td>bar 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>foo 2</td>
<td>
<p>second interest</p>
</td>
<td>bar 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
I'd like to select every time text of second cell (td[2]) of table row but problem is that the text can be in another subelement (paragraph p).
When I execute this xpath //tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/p/text() | //tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/text() the result is ok, but if I execute this for second row //tbody/tr[2]/td[2]/p/text() | //tbody/tr[2]/td[2]/text() then I get three texts where first and last are empty. How can I modify the xpath to get everytime only the text which I'm interested in. Note: there can be also empty cell, that I don't want to get.
thanks
html xml xpath
asked Nov 24 '18 at 12:32
bilakbilak
1,27311338
this is my test data
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>foo 1</td>
<td>first interest</td>
<td>bar 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>foo 2</td>
<td>
<p>second interest</p>
</td>
<td>bar 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
I'd like to select every time text of second cell (td[2]) of table row but problem is that the text can be in another subelement (paragraph p).
When I execute this xpath //tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/p/text() | //tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/text() the result is ok, but if I execute this for second row //tbody/tr[2]/td[2]/p/text() | //tbody/tr[2]/td[2]/text() then I get three texts where first and last are empty. How can I modify the xpath to get everytime only the text which I'm interested in. Note: there can be also empty cell, that I don't want to get.
thanks
html xml xpath
html xml xpath
asked Nov 24 '18 at 12:32
bilakbilak
1,27311338
asked Nov 24 '18 at 12:32
bilakbilak
1,27311338
asked Nov 24 '18 at 12:32
bilakbilak
1,27311338
asked Nov 24 '18 at 12:32
bilakbilak
1,27311338
asked Nov 24 '18 at 12:32
bilakbilak
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1,27311338
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Try this XPath to get text from required (not empty second) table cells:
//tbody/tr/td[2]//text()[normalize-space()]
answered Nov 24 '18 at 14:02
AnderssonAndersson
38.8k103468
can you tell me what is the difference between/text()...and//text()...why two slashes works when one slash does not?
– bilak
Nov 24 '18 at 17:02
1
@bilak'//td/text()'- child text nodes,'//td//text()'- descendant text nodes
– Andersson
Nov 24 '18 at 17:04
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Try this XPath to get text from required (not empty second) table cells:
//tbody/tr/td[2]//text()[normalize-space()]
answered Nov 24 '18 at 14:02
AnderssonAndersson
38.8k103468
can you tell me what is the difference between/text()...and//text()...why two slashes works when one slash does not?
– bilak
Nov 24 '18 at 17:02
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@bilak'//td/text()'- child text nodes,'//td//text()'- descendant text nodes
– Andersson
Nov 24 '18 at 17:04
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Try this XPath to get text from required (not empty second) table cells:
//tbody/tr/td[2]//text()[normalize-space()]
answered Nov 24 '18 at 14:02
AnderssonAndersson
38.8k103468
can you tell me what is the difference between/text()...and//text()...why two slashes works when one slash does not?
– bilak
Nov 24 '18 at 17:02
1
@bilak'//td/text()'- child text nodes,'//td//text()'- descendant text nodes
– Andersson
Nov 24 '18 at 17:04
add a comment |
Try this XPath to get text from required (not empty second) table cells:
//tbody/tr/td[2]//text()[normalize-space()]
answered Nov 24 '18 at 14:02
AnderssonAndersson
38.8k103468
Try this XPath to get text from required (not empty second) table cells:
//tbody/tr/td[2]//text()[normalize-space()]
answered Nov 24 '18 at 14:02
AnderssonAndersson
38.8k103468
answered Nov 24 '18 at 14:02
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answered Nov 24 '18 at 14:02
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answered Nov 24 '18 at 14:02
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can you tell me what is the difference between/text()...and//text()...why two slashes works when one slash does not?
– bilak
Nov 24 '18 at 17:02
1
@bilak'//td/text()'- child text nodes,'//td//text()'- descendant text nodes
– Andersson
Nov 24 '18 at 17:04
add a comment |
can you tell me what is the difference between/text()...and//text()...why two slashes works when one slash does not?
– bilak
Nov 24 '18 at 17:02
1
@bilak'//td/text()'- child text nodes,'//td//text()'- descendant text nodes
– Andersson
Nov 24 '18 at 17:04
can you tell me what is the difference between
/text()... and //text()... why two slashes works when one slash does not?– bilak
Nov 24 '18 at 17:02
can you tell me what is the difference between
/text()... and //text()... why two slashes works when one slash does not?– bilak
Nov 24 '18 at 17:02
1
1
@bilak
'//td/text()' - child text nodes, '//td//text()' - descendant text nodes– Andersson
Nov 24 '18 at 17:04
@bilak
'//td/text()' - child text nodes, '//td//text()' - descendant text nodes– Andersson
Nov 24 '18 at 17:04
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