Get the nodes containg an attribute with a certain value in XML in XPath

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i want to find nodes containg an attribute with a certain value in XML . I tried with a certain Xpath expression but it wont work..

String expression = ".*[@*[starts-with(., '"+search+"')]]";

Here the search is the variable which contains the value which i want to search. Can anyone tell me the right Xpath expression.

Thanks.

possible duplicate of xpath: find a node that has a given attribute whose value contains a string — Frank
– Frank, Commented Sep 22, 2011 at 5:03
Its not quite what i want..I want to search for the values in the xml attributes..Suppose attribute names are not concerned.. — Inco Mob
– Inco Mob, Commented Sep 22, 2011 at 5:50

Tomalak · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-22 06:43:29Z

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Your expression is correct, only the .* makes no sense.

String expression = "//*[@*[starts-with(., '"+search+"')]]";

answered Sep 22, 2011 at 6:43

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Inco Mob Over a year ago

Thanks Tomalak..It was my ignorance.. After a long and hard trying out i found an answer myself.but dont know the efficient factor of the query but it gives the result as i wanted.If there is a better one please let me know. String expression ="//*[starts-with(@*,'"+search+"')] | //"+search+"";

Tomalak Over a year ago

Depending on what you want to do this is exactly what you need. ;)

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