XML XPath Utility

XML	<xml_root> <xml_parent name="John Doe"> <xml_child name="Billy Doe" sex="male">Slugs and Snails</xml_child> <xml_child name="Dosey Doe" sex="female">Sugar and Spice</xml_child> <xml_child name="John Doe Jr." sex="male">Puppy Dog Tails</xml_child> </xml_parent> </xml_root>
XPath

Result 5 elements.

1 ELEMENT_NODE

<xml_root>
<xml_parent name="John Doe">
<xml_child name="Billy Doe" sex="male">Slugs and Snails</xml_child>
<xml_child name="Dosey Doe" sex="female">Sugar and Spice</xml_child>
<xml_child name="John Doe Jr." sex="male">Puppy Dog Tails</xml_child>
</xml_parent>
</xml_root>

2 ELEMENT_NODE

<xml_parent name="John Doe">
<xml_child name="Billy Doe" sex="male">Slugs and Snails</xml_child>
<xml_child name="Dosey Doe" sex="female">Sugar and Spice</xml_child>
<xml_child name="John Doe Jr." sex="male">Puppy Dog Tails</xml_child>
</xml_parent>

3 ELEMENT_NODE

<xml_child name="Billy Doe" sex="male">Slugs and Snails</xml_child>

4 ELEMENT_NODE

<xml_child name="Dosey Doe" sex="female">Sugar and Spice</xml_child>

5 ELEMENT_NODE

<xml_child name="John Doe Jr." sex="male">Puppy Dog Tails</xml_child>

XPath Reference

Quick Reference

/ - XML Root
/tagname - Top-Level Tag<tagname />
/tagname/tagname2 - Path to a tag <tagname><tagname2 /></tagname>
//tagname - Select All Tags <tagname />
tagname/text() - Select text content of <tagname />
tagname/@name - Select parameter name=""
//@name - Select all parameters name=""
//tagname[1] - Select first tag <tagname />
//tagname[last()] - Select last tag <tagname />
//tagname[name="John"] - Select <tagname /> with parameter name="John"

Web Reference

XML Path Language (XPath) at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)