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getElementByXPath | Get DOM-Nodes by its XPath.
function (
a, // the XPath
b // document-placeholder
) {
b = document;
return b.evaluate(
a, // xpathExpression
b, // contextNode
null, // namespaceResolver
9, // resultType
null // result
).singleNodeValue; // the first node
}
function(a,b){b=document;return b.evaluate(a,b,null,9,null).singleNodeValue}
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Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2013 Yannick Albert <http://yckart.com>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.
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{
"name": "getElementByXPath",
"description": "Get DOM-Nodes by its XPath.",
"keywords": [
"selector",
"xpath",
"path",
"node",
"dom"
]
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>getElementByXPath | Get DOM-Nodes by its XPath.</title>
<div>Expected value: <b>140byt.es</b></div>
<div>Actual value: <b id="ret"></b></div>
<script>
var getElementByXPath = function(a,b){b=document;return b.evaluate(a,b,null,9,null).singleNodeValue}
var path = '//html[1]/body[1]/div[1]/b[1]';
document.getElementById('ret').innerHTML = getElementByXPath(path).innerHTML;
</script>
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atk commented Aug 28, 2013

You could save a lot of space by using 9 instead of XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE.

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yckart commented Aug 29, 2013

@atk Uff, good point!

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kthy commented Apr 23, 2014

Er, no - bad point! Using magic numbers instead of named constants is evil.

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yckart commented Jun 4, 2014

@kthy Sure, in the wildnis I would not use magic numbers like this, but this is a gist for 140byt.es, so I think it is "reasonable".

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