Mastering XPath

20 Questions

Which XPath method is used to find the immediate element of a particular component?

following

Which XPath method is used to find the preceding element of a particular element?

preceding

Which XPath method is used to find the descendant element of a particular element?

descendant

Which XPath method is used to find the ancestor element of a particular element?

ancestor

What does the XPath query 'Xpath=//label[starts-with(@id,'message')]' find?

The label element with an id starting with 'message'

What does the XPath query 'Xpath=//*[@type='text']//following::input' find?

The input element that follows a text element

What does the XPath query 'Xpath=//*[@type='submit']//preceding::input' find?

The input element that precedes a submit element

What does the XPath query 'Xpath=//*[@id='rt-feature']//descendant::a' find?

The a element that is a descendant of an element with id 'rt-feature'

What is the purpose of using XPath axes?

To find dynamic and complex elements on a web page

Which XPath method will return the immediate element of a particular component?

following

Which function can be used in XPath to find an element based on the parent element?

Ancestor

What is the purpose of using functions from the XPath 1.0 library?

To create more specific XPath

What is the XPath query to find all elements in the 'Popular course' section with the help of ancestor of the anchor whose text is 'SELENIUM'?

//div[.//a[text()='SELENIUM']]/ancestor::div[@class='rt-grid-2 rt-omega']/following-sibling::div

What is the output of the XPath query Xpath=//*[@type='submit' OR @name='btnReset']?

Elements with type 'submit' or name 'btnReset'

Which function can be used in XPath to find an element based on the sibling element?

Sibling

What is the purpose of using the 'AND' operator in XPath?

To find elements that meet multiple conditions

What is the output of the XPath query Xpath=//input[@type='submit' and @name='btnLogin']?

Elements with type 'submit' and name 'btnLogin'

What is the purpose of using the 'OR' operator in XPath?

To find elements that meet multiple conditions

What is the purpose of using the 'starts-with' function in XPath?

To find elements with dynamic attribute values

What is the XPath query to find the parent element of an element with id 'rt-feature'?

Xpath=//*[@id='rt-feature']//parent::div

Study Notes

XPath Methods

The following axis is used to find the preceding element of a particular element.
The descendant axis is used to find the descendant element of a particular element.
The ancestor axis is used to find the ancestor element of a particular element.
The child axis is used to find the immediate element of a particular component.

XPath Queries

Xpath=//label[starts-with(@id,'message')] finds all labels with an ID that starts with 'message'.
Xpath=//*[@type='text']//following::input finds all input elements following a text element.
Xpath=//*[@type='submit']//preceding::input finds all input elements preceding a submit element.
Xpath=//*[@id='rt-feature']//descendant::a finds all anchor elements that are descendants of an element with ID 'rt-feature'.

XPath Axes and Functions

XPath axes are used to navigate through XML documents.
The ancestor function is used to find an element based on the parent element.
Functions from the XPath 1.0 library are used for string manipulation, node set manipulation, and boolean operations.
The following-sibling function can be used to find an element based on the sibling element.

XPath Operators

The AND operator is used to combine multiple conditions in XPath queries.
The OR operator is used to find elements that match at least one of the conditions in XPath queries.
The starts-with function is used to find elements with attributes that start with a specific value.

XPath Queries Examples

Xpath=//*[@type='submit' OR @name='btnReset'] finds all elements with type 'submit' or name 'btnReset'.
Xpath=//input[@type='submit' and @name='btnLogin'] finds all input elements with type 'submit' and name 'btnLogin'.
The XPath query to find all elements in the 'Popular course' section with the help of an anchor whose text is 'SELENIUM' is //*[@href='SELENIUM']//ancestor::*.
The XPath query to find the parent element of an element with id 'rt-feature' is //*[@id='rt-feature']/...

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