How to use XPath contains here

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I m trying to learn XPath  I looked at the other contains   examples around here  but nothing that uses an AND operator  I can t get this to work     ul  class  featureList  and contains li   Model      On        lt ul class  featureList  gt    lt li gt  lt b gt Type  lt  b gt  Clip Fan lt  li gt  lt li gt  lt b gt Feature  lt  b gt  Air Moved  65 ft      Amps  1 1     Clip  Grips any surface up to 1 63      Plug  3 prong grounded plug on heavy duty model     Usage  Garage  Workshop  Dorm  Work-out room  Deck  Office  amp  more  lt  li gt  lt li gt  lt b gt Speed Setting  lt  b gt  2 speeds lt  li gt  lt li gt  lt b gt Color  lt  b gt  Black lt  li gt  lt li gt  lt b gt Power Consumption  lt  b gt  62 W lt  li gt  lt li gt  lt b gt Height  lt  b gt  14 5  lt  li gt  lt li gt  lt b gt Width  lt  b gt  Grill Diameter  9 5  lt  li gt  lt li gt  lt b gt Length  lt  b gt  11 5  lt  li gt    lt li gt  lt b gt Model     lt  b gt CR1-0081-06 lt  li gt   lt li gt  lt b gt Item     lt  b gt N82E16896817007 lt  li gt   lt li gt  lt b gt Return Policy   lt  b gt  lt  li gt   lt  ul gt

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This is a new answer to an old question about a common misconception about contains   in XPath     Summary  contains   means contains a substring  not contains a node   Detailed Explanation  This XPath is often misinterpreted     ul contains li   Model      Wrong interpretation  Select those ul elements that contain an li element with Model in it     This is wrong because   contains x y  expects x to be a string  and the XPath rule for converting multiple elements to a string is this      A node-set is converted to a string by returning the string-value of   the node in the node-set that is first in document order  If the   node-set is empty  an empty string is returned     Right interpretation  Select those ul elements whose first li child has a string-value that contains a Model substring   Examples  XML   lt r gt     lt ul id  one  gt       lt li gt Model A lt  li gt       lt li gt Foo lt  li gt     lt  ul gt     lt ul id  two  gt       lt li gt Foo lt  li gt       lt li gt Model A lt  li gt     lt  ul gt   lt  r gt     XPaths     ul contains li   Model    selects the one ul element   Note  The two ul element is not selected because the string-value of the first li child of the two ul is Foo  which does not contain the Model substring    ul li contains    Model     selects the one and two ul elements   Note  Both ul elements are selected because contains   is applied to each li individually    Thus  the tricky multiple-element-to-string conversion rule is avoided   Both ul elements do have an li child whose string value contains the Model substring -- position of the li element no longer matters    See also   Testing text   nodes vs string values in XPath

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I already gave my  1 to Jeff Yates  solution   Here is a quick explanation why your approach does not work  This     ul  class  featureList  and contains li   Model     encounters a limitation of the contains   function  or any other string function in XPath  for that matter     The first argument is supposed to be a string  If you feed it a node list  giving it  li  does that   a conversion to string must take place  But this conversion is done for the first node in the list only    In your case the first node in the list is  lt li gt  lt b gt Type  lt  b gt  Clip Fan lt  li gt   converted to a string   Type  Clip Fan   which means that this     ul  class  featureList  and contains li   Type     would actually select a node

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ul  class  featureList  and li  text   contains     Model

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You are only looking at the first li child in the query you have instead of looking for any li child element that may contain the text   Model   What you need is a query like the following     ul  class  featureList  and   li contains    Model       This query will give you the elements that have a class of featureList with one or more li children that contain the text   Model

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Paste my contains example here     table contains  class   EC result    tbody

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