xpath: find a node that has a given attribute whose value contains a string

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Is there an xpath way to find a node that has a given attribute whose value contains a given string?

For example I have an xml document and want to find a node where the address attribute contains the string Downing, so that I could find the following node:

<person name="blair" address="10 Downing St. London"/>

Possible duplicate of [What is the correct XPath for choosing attributes that contain "foo"?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/103325/what-is-the-correct-xpath-for-choosing-attributes-that-contain-foo) — Michael Freidgeim, Jan 20 '17 at 00:17

score 160 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '09 at 13:50

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select="//*[contains(@address,'Downing')]"

answered Mar 05 '09 at 13:50

vartec

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Tested with Notepad++ XML Tools, returns the node fine. Good job. – Stephen Friederichs Mar 05 '09 at 13:55
Remember to avoid the '//' if possible. :-) Good job though. – Jon W Mar 05 '09 at 14:00
@Jweede yeah, I know. But as the node wasn't specified, I assumed that he wants every node with that attribute. – vartec Mar 05 '09 at 15:07
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Been looking all over for a way to do "like" style searching for the value of an attribute. Thanks! – Brian Apr 26 '10 at 01:05

xpath: find a node that has a given attribute whose value contains a string

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