Getting element's name in XPATH
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Solution 1
Use name()
. (Find docs for newer versions of the XPath language here.)
Here are modified versions of your example:
Works in XPath 2.0+ only:
//element/*[@id='elid']/name()
Works in XPath 1.0 and 2.0+*:
name(//element/*[@id='elid'])
*If using 2.0+, the expression //element/*[@id='elid']
must only return one element. Otherwise you'll get an error like A sequence of more than one item is not allowed as the first argument of fn:name()
You could also use local-name()
which returns the local part of the expanded name (without any namespace prefix).
Solution 2
The tag names tree can also be obtained with
echo "du //Element/*" | xmllint --shell response-02.xml
Ele1
id
name
Nested1
id
name
Ele2
Comments
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Ariyan almost 2 years
If I selected an element using XPATH how can I get its name?
I mean something liketext()
function in//element/[@id=elid]/text()
.