what's the difference between / and // in Xpath

[Stephen Ferg]

what's the difference between / and // in Xpath

[Paul Clapham]

/ selects children of the context node, // selects descendants of the context node.

[Stephen Ferg]

what's the difference between children and descendants ? Do you mean "/" only selects its direct children and "//" selects children and grandchildren, etc ?

can you give a simple example showing the difference ?

Thanks!

[Paul Clapham]

Yes, that's what I meant. "Child" and "descendant" are standard terminology in XPath. I would really recommend you find some tutorials rather than trying to learn things by asking questions on forums.