How to select two attributes from the same node with one expression in XPath?

Question

For example:

//person[@id=\'abc123\']/@haircolor|/@weight\"

PS. there are lots of \"person\" records

Answer 1

Try this:

//person[@id='abc123']/@*[name()='weight' or name()='haircolor']

If you're using an XPath 2.0 processor, you may also use a prettier option:

//person[@id='abc123']/(@haircolor|@weight)`