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Xpath - node search limit not working?

What am I doing wrong here? I'm trying to limit my xpath search to a specific row in my table, but my query always returns the contents of the range on the first row:

var query = "//span[contains(@id, 'timer')]";
var root = document.getElementById('movements').rows[1];
document.evaluate(query, root, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue.textContent

Please, help!

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"//span[contains(@id, 'timer')]"

Problem : This is an absolute XPath expression and ignores the fact that you are evaluating it from a specific string.



Solution . To achieve the desired result use:

.//span[contains(@id, 'timer')]

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You get the first line:

var root = document.getElementById('movements').rows[1];

This will get the second line:



var root = document.getElementById('movements').rows[2];

You need to provide the correct index of the desired row.

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Try this instead:

var query = "//td//span[contains(@id, 'timer')]";
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