Find the nth match

[liuchangjohn@gmail.com]

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

[Richard Tobin]

Re: Find the nth match

In article <1a11787f-5f9b-4a8c-9eec-394ed309124d@c1 9g2000prf.googl egroups.com>,
liuchangjohn@gm ail.com <liuchangjohn@g mail.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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