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 by [Bernardas Alisauskas](https://scrapfly.io/blog/author/bernardas) Apr 19, 2023 1 min read [\#xpath](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/xpath) 

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To select sibling elements in XPath the `preceding-sibling` and `following-sibling` axes can be used - see these interactive examples:

1. `preceding-sibling::span` will select any siblings that precede (i.e. are above) the current element:

<!-- we can find tax rate by navigating from price--> <div> <article> <h1>title</h1> <p>paragraph</p> <span>(no tax)</span> <h3>2.99</h3> </article> </div> 2. `following-sibling::span` will select siblings that follow (i.e. are below) the current element:

<!-- we can find currency by navigating from price--> <div> <article> <h1>title</h1> <p>paragraph</p> <p>paragraph with <a href="/foo.html">link</a></p> <span>(no tax)</span> <h3>2.99</h3> <span>USD</span> </article> </div> Note that the wildcard character can be used instead of explicit element names (e.g. `following-sibling::*`) to select siblings of any element name.

For more on XPath, see [our full introduction article](https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/parsing-html-with-xpath#basic-navigation)



 

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