xpath_sibling_between: Generate xpath to find sibling nodes between two elements The...

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Generate xpath to find sibling nodes between two elements The function produces a compounding xpath with each subsequent argument provided. Thus the final argument specified will be the node that is selected by the resulting xpath with the exception of nested_tag_contains which helps to identify a nested tag by its contents

Description

Generate xpath to find sibling nodes between two elements The function produces a compounding xpath with each subsequent argument provided. Thus the final argument specified will be the node that is selected by the resulting xpath with the exception of nested_tag_contains which helps to identify a nested tag by its contents

Usage

xpath_sibling_between(
  start_tag,
  following_sibling,
  preceding_sibling,
  nested_tag,
  nested_tag_contains
)

Arguments

start_tag	chr xpath of the upper bounding element
following_sibling	chr relative xpath of the lower bounding element
preceding_sibling	chr relative xpath for the type of elements in between the upper and lower bounding elements to retrieve
nested_tag	chr relative xpath of an element nested within the preceding_sibling elements
nested_tag_contains	chr of text that the nested_tag element contains (in order to identify it. The nested tag element itself will be selected).

Value

chr xpath statement

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