/AAA/CCC/DDD/*XML:
<?xml version="1.0"> <AAA> <XXX> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </XXX> <CCC> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </CCC> <CCC> <BBB> <BBB> <BBB/> </BBB> </BBB> </CCC> </AAA>
XPath Expression: Select all elements BBB which have 3 ancestors
/*/*/*/BBBXML:
<?xml version="1.0"> <AAA> <XXX> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </XXX> <CCC> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </CCC> <CCC> <BBB> <BBB> <BBB/> </BBB> </BBB> </CCC> </AAA>
XPath Expression: Select all elements
//*XML:
<?xml version="1.0"> <AAA> <XXX> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </XXX> <CCC> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </CCC> <CCC> <BBB> <BBB> <BBB/> </BBB> </BBB> </CCC> </AAA>C# code:
// BasicSyntax - /xpath/basicsyntax.cs // Copyright 2003 by Johannes Roith using System; using System.Xml.XPath; class BasicSyntax { static void Main() { } }