XPath: alternatives in node-test?

[kj]

Suppose I wanted to select all the element nodes whose tags were
either foo or bar. One way would be to join the results of //Foo
and //bar. Is there a way to achieve the same with a single
expression that included the two alternatives? Something like
(pushing the analogy with Unix shell conventions) //{foo,bar} ?

Thanks,

kj

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[Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]]

Use:

//*[self::foo or self::bar]
Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev [XML MVP],
FXSL developer, XML Insider,

http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
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"kj" <so***@987jk.com> wrote in message
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Suppose I wanted to select all the element nodes whose tags were
either foo or bar. One way would be to join the results of //Foo
and //bar. Is there a way to achieve the same with a single
expression that included the two alternatives? Something like
(pushing the analogy with Unix shell conventions) //{foo,bar} ?

Thanks,

kj

--
NOTE: In my address everything before the period is backwards.

[kj]

In <c5***********@ID-152440.news.uni-berlin.de> "Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]" <dn********@yahoo.com> writes:

Use: //*[self::foo or self::bar]

Boy, you're fast!!!

Right after I posted it occurred to me to search for one more thing
in the recommendations page, namely the string "'|'" (minus the
enclosing double-quotes). I found about "UnionExpr"; so this also
works:

//foo|//bar

Thanks,

kj
--
NOTE: In my address everything before the period is backwards.

[Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]]

"kj" <so***@987jk.com> wrote in message
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In <c5***********@ID-152440.news.uni-berlin.de> "Dimitre Novatchev [MVP XML]" <dn********@yahoo.com> writes:

Use:

//*[self::foo or self::bar]

Boy, you're fast!!!

Right after I posted it occurred to me to search for one more thing
in the recommendations page, namely the string "'|'" (minus the
enclosing double-quotes). I found about "UnionExpr"; so this also
works:

//foo|//bar

Yes, but I understood your question as if you wanted the "//" abbreviation
to be used only once.

Also, do note that some not smart XPath engines will evaluate:
//*[self::foo or self::bar]

twice as fast as;

//foo | //bar
Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev [XML MVP],
FXSL developer, XML Insider,

http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
Resume: http://fxsl.sf.net/DNovatchev/Resume/Res.html