select nth node in xml using xpath

Question

I'm using this XPATH query:

xpath.compile("/TEI.2/text/body/div/entry/sense/cit/quote[text()="malta"]")

I'd like to get the 2nd "quote" node containing "malta". How can I do that?

I have tried:

xpath.compile("/TEI.2/text/body/div/entry/sense/cit/quote[text()="malta" and position()=2]")

as well as

xpath.compile("/TEI.2/text/body/div/entry/sense/cit/quote[text()="malta"][2]")

These give me an empty result however I'm sure there is a second node.

Thanks!

The third one doesn't work, I've tried it out again just now. And about the xml, I can't put it over here. — Krt_Malta
– Krt_Malta, Commented Jan 13, 2012 at 11:25
It's not clear from the question, perhaps you want (…original xpath query…)[2]. — salathe
– salathe, Commented Jan 13, 2012 at 13:29

Krt_Malta · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-13 13:31:10Z

1

Solved it.

I had to add brackets to the expression before the final [2]

I.e.

xpath.compile("(/TEI.2/text/body/div/entry/sense/cit/quote[text()="malta"])[2]")

Thanks still!

answered Jan 13, 2012 at 13:31

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Dimitre Novatchev Over a year ago

Krt_Malta, Brackets are only needed if the XPath // pseudo-operator is used -- which in your XPath expression isn't used. Therefore, either you are misleading the readers and you are actually having a different XPath expression, or the XPath engine you are using isn't a compliant XPAth implementation.

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