How to select a node using XPath if sibling node has a specific value?

Question

I have the following document:

  abc
  ccc
  
ffffd


  zz         


        

Answer 1

What you need is following-sibling XPath axis

//a/bb[text()="zz"]/following-sibling::cc[1]/text()

Test the Xpath here: http://www.xpathtester.com/obj/b55ec3ac-dfa4-4f44-81e8-f963ea4a0625