XPATH for checking value of an xml element based on another element's value

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My XML looks like the below one. I want to check the value of 'number' when //book//genre/text()='classic' , i want to return both 1000 and 1003. Can anybody help please?

<list>
<book>
    <author>
        <name>John</name>
        <number>1000</number>
    </author>
    <otherDetails>
        <genre>classic</genre>
        <price>$50</price>
    </otherDetails>
    <title>Dusk</title>
    <isbn>dsdaassda</isbn>
</book>
<book>
    <author>
        <name>MARK</name>
        <number>1001</number>
    </author>
    <otherDetails>
        <genre>comedy</genre>
        <price>$140</price>
    </otherDetails>
    <title>Midnight</title>
    <isbn>dsdaassda</isbn>
</book>
<book>
    <author>
        <name>Pete</name>
        <number>1003</number>
    </author>
    <otherDetails>
        <genre>classic</genre>
        <price>$140</price>
    </otherDetails>
    <title>Morning</title>
    <isbn>EFGH</isbn>
</book>

Daniel Haley · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-18 23:42:42Z

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/list/book[otherDetails/genre='classic']/author/number

answered Oct 18, 2015 at 23:42

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Mathias R. Jessen Over a year ago

@vpk it does. Be aware that node and attribute names and values are case-sensitive

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