How to Parse XML
In this article, we'll explain about XML parsing. We'll start by defining XML files, their format and how to navigate them for data extraction.
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:
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.
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In this article, we'll explain about XML parsing. We'll start by defining XML files, their format and how to navigate them for data extraction.
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