XPath to return always null

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How make an XPath that always return a null node list ?

I am not an XPath expert, I could work out *[not(node())]. Is it okay ?

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I need it because I have two methods : one builds an XPath, and the other is looking for the matches. For some particular cases I want to force a null result depending on the input of the first method.

Michael Kay · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21 13:24:48Z

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The shortest is:

XPath 1.0: /..

XPath 2.0: ()

answered Oct 21, 2016 at 13:24

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Tomalak · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21 12:24:10Z

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How make an XPath that always return a null node list ?

Simple.

/*[false()]

answered Oct 21, 2016 at 12:24

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