Comments on: XPath in Javascript: Introduction http://timkadlec.com/2008/02/xpath-in-javascript-introduction/ A Wisconsin based web developer writing about the web. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tuomo http://timkadlec.com/2008/02/xpath-in-javascript-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Tuomo Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/1969/12/xpath-in-javascript-introduction/#comment-54 About getting just one node as a result, MDC says the following: If you set the resultType argument (the fourth argument) to either ANY_UNORDERED_NODE_TYPE or FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE only the first found node will be returned. This node will be accessible through the result object's singleNodeValue property.<br /><br />http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Introduction_to_using_XPath_in_JavaScript#First_Node About getting just one node as a result, MDC says the following: If you set the resultType argument (the fourth argument) to either ANY_UNORDERED_NODE_TYPE or FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE only the first found node will be returned. This node will be accessible through the result object’s singleNodeValue property.

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Introduction_to_using_XPath_in_JavaScript#First_Node

]]> By: Seth http://timkadlec.com/2008/02/xpath-in-javascript-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Seth Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/1969/12/xpath-in-javascript-introduction/#comment-53 Your examples work perfectly but I find them clunky for a possible 'special case'<br /><br />If I know for a certainty that the xpath expression will provide exactly one node is there a way I can extract this node's information without having to worry about iterating through 'one' node? Your examples work perfectly but I find them clunky for a possible ‘special case’

If I know for a certainty that the xpath expression will provide exactly one node is there a way I can extract this node’s information without having to worry about iterating through ‘one’ node?

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