Xpath Select node until tag

Question

How to select all node p until a node div ?

<div>
 <div>blbaba</div>
 <p>a</p>
 <p>b</p>
 <p>c</p>
 <p>d</p>
 <div>blbaba</div>
 <p>e</p>
 <p>f</p>
 <p>g</p>
 <p>h</p> 
 <div>blbaba</div>
</div>

i want a,b,c,d or e,f,g,h i tried something like : //div/following::p[preceding-sibling::div[1]]

Answer 1

Use:

/div/div/following::p[count(preceding::div) = 1]

to get p after 1^stdiv and before 2^nd. Replace 1 in expression with 2 to select p after 2^nddiv and before 3^rd.