XPath with multiple conditions

Question

What XPath can I use to select any category with a name attribute specified and any child node author with the value specified.

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Answer 1

question is not clear, but what i understand you need to select a catagory that has name attribute and should have child author with value specified , correct me if i am worng

here is a xpath

//category[@name='Required value'][./author[contains(.,'Required value')]]
e.g
//category[@name='Sport'][./author[contains(.,'James Small')]]