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Find the nth match

Hi,

How can I select, say, the 5th <aelement in an XML, regardless of
their locations? '//a[5]' obviously doesn't work.

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Liu Chang
Apr 3 '08 #1
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In article <1a**********************************@c19g2000prf. googlegroups.com>,
li**********@gmail.com <li**********@gmail.comwrote:
>How can I select, say, the 5th <aelement in an XML, regardless of
their locations? '//a[5]' obviously doesn't work.
(//a)[5]

-- Richard
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Apr 3 '08 #2

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