How to select two attributes from the same node with one expression in XPath?

Question

For example:

//person[@id='abc123']/@haircolor|/@weight" 

PS. there are lots of "person" records

Answer 1

Try this:

//person[@id='abc123']/@*[name()='weight' or name()='haircolor'] 

If you're using an XPath 2.0 processor, you may also use a prettier option:

//person[@id='abc123']/(@haircolor|@weight)` 

Answer 2

Are you wanting to search for person nodes based on the value of multiple attributes. If that's the question then you can just use ands e.g.

//person[@id='abc123' and @haircolor='blue' and @weight='...'] 

If you want to search on a single attribute, but return the values of the other attributes, I would do something like this:

 <xsl:template match="person[@id='abc123']">      <xsl:value-of select="@haircolor"/>      <xsl:value-of select="@weight"/>   </xsl:template>