The function xpath evaluates the XPath 1.0 expression xpath (given as text) against the XML value xml. It returns an array of XML values corresponding to the node-set produced by the XPath expression. If the XPath expression returns a scalar value rather than a node-set, a single-element array is returned.
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xpath evaluates the XPath 1.0 expression xpath (given as text) against the XML value xml. It returns an array of XML values corresponding to the node-set produced by the XPath expression. If the XPath expression returns a scalar value rather than a node-set, a single-element array is returned.xpath ( xpath text, xml xml [, nsarray text[]] ) → xml[] → xml[]The function
xpath evaluates the XPath 1.0 expression xpath (given as text) against the XML value xml. It returns an array of XML values corresponding to the node-set produced by the XPath expression. If the XPath expression returns a scalar value rather than a node-set, a single-element array is returned.{"inputs":[{"file":"functions-xml.html","kind":"same-version-reviewed-manual","locale":"en","sha256":"01aeb9b85a44b934664d02e73f09eba80ac8da243706dd1ea2b4943d6cf43a31","version":"18.7"},{"file":"functions-xml.html","kind":"same-version-reviewed-manual","locale":"zh-Hans","sha256":"7f81f95d894b56436ba5c9f248999c6f79a15eff2f8e02803e9578894005ba44","version":"18.7"}],"release":"18.7","runtime_remeasured":false,"source_revision":"pgdoc:b9f0e7232f60f380d642ac9b99226606c254b552"}Full definition and evidence JSON
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