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XPath query to select all href attributes of <a> tag, which 'class' attribute equals specified string

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I don't know why following query doesn't work:

//a/@href[@class='specified_string']
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l245c4l Avatar asked Apr 22 '10 14:04

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Try it the other way round:

//a[@class='specified_string']/@href

After all, class is an attribute of the <a> element, not an attribute of the href attribute.

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ndim Avatar answered Oct 22 '22 01:10

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