//CCC | //BBBXML:
<?xml version="1.0"> <AAA> <BBB/> <CCC/> <DDD> <CCC/> </DDD> <EEE/> </AAA>
XPath Expression: Select all elements BBB and elements EEE which are children of root element AAA
/AAA/EEE | //BBBXML:
<?xml version="1.0"> <AAA> <BBB/> <CCC/> <DDD> <CCC/> </DDD> <EEE/> </AAA>
XPath Expression: Number of combinations is not restricted
/AAA/EEE | //DDD/CCC | /AAA | //BBBXML:
<?xml version="1.0"> <AAA> <BBB/> <CCC/> <DDD> <CCC/> </DDD> <EEE/> </AAA>C# code:
// BasicSyntax - /xpath/basicsyntax.cs // Copyright 2003 by Johannes Roith using System; using System.Xml.XPath; class BasicSyntax { static void Main() { } }