[Answers](https://scrapfly.io/blog) / [data-parsing](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/data-parsing) / [How to select last element in XPath?](https://scrapfly.io/blog/answers/how-to-select-last-element-in-xpath) # How to select last element in XPath? by [Bernardas Alisauskas](https://scrapfly.io/blog/author/bernardas) Apr 19, 2023 1 min read [\#data-parsing](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/data-parsing) [\#xpath](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/xpath) [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscrapfly.io%2Fblog%2Fanswers%2Fhow-to-select-last-element-in-xpath "Share on LinkedIn") To select the last element using XPath the `last()` function can be used in a predicate. The `last()` function returns true if the element is the last sibling in the current tree level. See this interactive example: <html> <div> <p>ignore</p> <p>ignore</p> <p>select</p> </div> </html> Unlike other programming languages, XPath doesn't support reverse indexing (i.e. `[-1]`) so the `last()` function should be used to select the last element. Scale Your Web Scraping Anti-bot bypass, browser rendering, and rotating proxies, all in one API. Start with 1,000 free credits. No credit card required 1,000 free API credits Anti-bot bypass included [Start Free](https://scrapfly.io/register) [View Docs](https://scrapfly.io/docs/onboarding) Not ready? Get our newsletter instead. ## Explore this Article with AI [ ChatGPT ](https://chat.openai.com/?q=Summarize%20this%20page%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fscrapfly.io%2Fblog%2Fanswers%2Fhow-to-select-last-element-in-xpath) [ Gemini ](https://www.google.com/search?udm=50&aep=11&q=Summarize%20this%20page%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fscrapfly.io%2Fblog%2Fanswers%2Fhow-to-select-last-element-in-xpath) [ Grok ](https://x.com/i/grok?text=Summarize%20this%20page%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fscrapfly.io%2Fblog%2Fanswers%2Fhow-to-select-last-element-in-xpath) [ Perplexity ](https://www.perplexity.ai/search/new?q=Summarize%20this%20page%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fscrapfly.io%2Fblog%2Fanswers%2Fhow-to-select-last-element-in-xpath) [ Claude ](https://claude.ai/new?q=Summarize%20this%20page%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fscrapfly.io%2Fblog%2Fanswers%2Fhow-to-select-last-element-in-xpath) ## Related Articles [ python data-parsing ### Parsing HTML with Xpath Introduction to xpath in the context of web-scraping. How to extract data from HTML documents using xpath, best practice... ](https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/parsing-html-with-xpath) [ data-parsing xpath ### Ultimate XPath Cheatsheet for HTML Parsing in Web Scraping Ultimate companion for HTML parsing using XPath selectors. This cheatsheet contains all syntax explanations with interac... ](https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/xpath-cheatsheet) [ http ### What is HTTP 406 Error? (Not Acceptable) HTTP status code 406 generally means wrong Accept- header family configuration. Here's how to prevent it. ](https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/what-is-http-error-406-not-acceptable) ## Related Questions - [ Q How to select elements by class in XPath? ](https://scrapfly.io/blog/answers/how-to-select-elements-by-class-in-xpath) - [ Q How to select elements by text in XPath? ](https://scrapfly.io/blog/answers/how-to-select-elements-by-text-in-xpath) - [ Q How to select elements by class using CSS selectors? ](https://scrapfly.io/blog/answers/how-to-select-elements-by-class-css-selectors) - [ Q How to select any element using wildcard in XPath? ](https://scrapfly.io/blog/answers/how-to-select-elements-of-any-name-using-wildcards-in-xpath) Extract structured data with AI, **1,000 free credits** [Start Free](https://scrapfly.io/register)