Editing XPath Cookbook

== Search for elements ==

=== Top-level element ===

Use a single slash:

`/body`

=== Element anywhere within DOM ===

Use two slashes:

`//a`

== Search the children of an element ==

Search top-level children of an element with single slash:

`//div/a`

Search all children at any level under the parent element with double slashes:

This will return all children at any level below the parent element.

`//div//a`

== Search for an element based on the value of one of its attributes ==

=== Exact value of the attribute ===

`//div[@class="foo"]`

=== Partial match of the attribute value ===

`//div[contains(@class, "foo")]`

=== Partial match of multiple possible attribute values ===

`//div[contains(@class, "foo") | contains(@class, "bar")]`