i have aproblem with xpath query in .net

[rajasekharsiva]

hi all,
i am new to .net i have problem
i have an xml fille lik this:::

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<personal_inf o>
<personal_id ID="1">
<name first_name="raj asekhar" middle_name="si va" last_name="alur u" nick_name="sekh ar" />
<gender value="Male" />
<group group_name="bes tfriends" parent_group="F riends" />
</personal_id>
<personal_id ID="2">
<name first_name="kir an" middle_name="ku mar" last_name="kara nam" nick_name="kira n" />
<gender value="Male" />
<group group_name="xyz company" parent_group="C ollegues" />
</personal_id>
</personal_info>


from this file how can select the only the parent_group which are not sub gruops. i.e first lebel parent groups.....

i have used following query .....
//group[@group_name != @parent_group]

i am getting the following result
bestfriends
collegues
friends

but i need oonly,

collegues
friends

please any one can guide me

[DrBunchman]

I'm not 100% sure I understand what you're asking but if you change your XPath query to the following:

//group[@group_name != @parent_group]/@parent_group

It will only select the parent groups. Is this what you are looking for?

Dr B

[rajasekharsiva]

I'm not 100% sure I understand what you're asking but if you change your XPath query to the following:

//group[@group_name != @parent_group]/@parent_group

It will only select the parent groups. Is this what you are looking for?

Dr B

Thanks a lot my problem has been solved.. i got the result exactly what i am looking for....

[rajasekharsiva]

[quote=rajasekha rsiva]

still i am not getting the desired result