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Function of double slash in XPath / / double slash

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36019544/if-double-slash-is-used-2-times-in-xpath-what-does-it-mean

Double slash // means any descendant node of the current node in the html tree which matches the locator.

Single slash / means node which is a direct child of the current.

//div[@id='add']//span[@id=addone'] will match

<div id="add"&> <div&> <span id="addone"&> </div&> </div&>

And

<div id="add"&> <span id="addone"&> </div&>

//div[@id='add']/span[@id=addone'] will match only the second html tree.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1457638/xpath-get-nodes-where-child-node-contains-an-attribute

/// <summary&>
/// 
/// </summary&>
[Test]
public void Test()
{
XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.Load(@"C:\Users\clu\Desktop\test.xml");
XPathNavigator navigator = document.CreateNavigator();
var nodeList = navigator.Select(@"//book[title/@lang = 'it']");
Console.WriteLine(nodeList.Count);
}