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This topic provides a quick reference for XPath expression syntax.
XPath provides the following axes:
XPath provides the following node tests:
A filter specifies a constraint on a node set with respect to an axis to produce a new node set.
A location step has the following format:
An XPath expression has one of the following formats:
A function call or an XPath expression in parentheses can appear only at the very beginning of an XPath expression. An expression in parentheses always returns a node set. Any function that appears at the beginning of an XPath location step expression must return a node set.