How to use xpath in JavaScript? [duplicate]

Question

To access an element i used the following command document.getElementById('ghi').innerHTML="Replace the paragragh with this text" How to use the same functionality in javascript by using xpath As in out suite we used xpath only

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SivaRajini
– SivaRajini

2014-02-04 12:16:24 +00:00
Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 12:16 — SivaRajini
– SivaRajini, Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 12:16
stackoverflow.com/a/32623171/502860

iimos
– iimos

2015-09-17 05:33:34 +00:00
Commented Sep 17, 2015 at 5:33 — iimos
– iimos, Commented Sep 17, 2015 at 5:33

Mehran Hatami · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-04 12:30:18Z

1

It would do what you want:

function xpathFindById(id) {
    return document.evaluate(".//*[@id='" + id + "']", document.lastChild, null,
                    XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext();
}

var content = xpathFindById("content");

edited Feb 4, 2014 at 12:30

answered Feb 4, 2014 at 12:22

Mehran Hatami

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