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SelectNodes from ChildNodes

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It would be nice if I could use SelectNodes() from a child node and have it only select those type of nodes from the child nodes rather then from the entire tree.
 
A good example, would be that I need to find all links from a specific table. I search for the Table I want, Now all the links I want are child nodes of the table node.
 
Right now, if I do TableNode.SelectNodes("//a"), it gets ALL links in the document.
 
I have coded a work around, but it would be a very useful feature that would save a lot of extra code down the road.
Closed Oct 3, 2009 at 2:53 PM by DarthObiwan
There is now an alternative, use Descendants(string name) on the node itself. This will return an IEnumerable<HtmlNode> that is yeilded to be inline with Linq to Objects.

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Zagnar wrote Jul 14, 2008 at 6:57 PM

This issue is not valid., you are using the wrong XPath query. Instead of "//a", you should be using ".//a" or just "a" to tell XPath to start at the current node.

Edoardo76 wrote Feb 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM

I also have fallen on this mistake.
Using the dot (example .//a) the problem is resolved.
But i think that if it is a common misunderstanding it has somewhat reason.
Doesn't it?

Thanks

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