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Introduction to Perl & XPATH
What is XPATH
XPATH Terminology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
XPATH Syntax != div - + * >= > = <= < or and | [] @ .. . // / Nodename
XML Sample ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Sample Script ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Searching throughout on from the current  (xml libxml object)  node ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Searching throughout the specified xml tree path ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Playing with XPath positions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Querying element values ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Querying attributes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Examples
XML Sample ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Sample Script header ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all nodes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find first node ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find last node ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find last-1 node ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all titles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all node/titles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all nodes/prices/text ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all nodes/prices ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find first node/title ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all nodes/titles where price>50 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all nodes/titles where price<50 and price>40 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all values for the attribute 'lang' ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all titles with the attribute 'lang' ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all titles with the attribute 'id' ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all titles with the attribute 'id=&quot;en&quot;' ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Find all titles with the attribute 'id' or with the attribute 'ooo' ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Perl Xpath Lightning Talk

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  1. What is XPath? XPath is a syntax for defining parts of an XML document XPath uses path expressions to navigate in XML documents XPath contains a library of standard functions XPath is a major element in several XML Based Technologies
  2. Nodes In XPath, there are seven kinds of nodes: element, attribute, text, namespace, processing-instruction, comment, and document (root) nodes. XML documents are treated as trees of nodes. The root of the tree is called the document node (or root node). Atomic values Atomic values are nodes with no children or parent. Items Items are atomic values or nodes. Relationship of Nodes Parent Each element and attribute has one parent. Children Element nodes may have zero, one or more children. Siblings Nodes that have the same parent. Ancestors A node&apos;s parent, parent&apos;s parent, etc. Descendants A node&apos;s children, children&apos;s children, etc.
  3. Selecting Nodes XPath uses path expressions to select nodes in an XML document. The node is selected by following a path or steps. The most useful path expressions are listed below: Expression Description nodename Selects all child nodes of the named node / Selects from the root node // Selects nodes in the document from the current node that match the selection no matter where they are . Selects the current node .. Selects the parent of the current node @ Selects attributes Wildcard Description Matches any element node Selecting Several Paths By using the | operator in an XPath expression you can select several paths.