XPATH Multiple Element Filters

Question

I have the following sample XML structure:

    
       yes
       <         


        

Answer 1

/SavingAccounts/SavingAccount[(ServiceOnLine='yes') or (ServiceViaPhone='yes')]

Answer 2

This is a very fundamental XPath feature: composing a number of conditions with the logical operators and, or, and the function not().

and has a higher priority than or and both operators have lower priority than the relational and equality operators (=, !=, >, >=, < and <=).

So, it is safe to write: A = B and C = D

Some most frequent mistakes made:

1. People write AND and/or OR. Remember, XPath is case-sensitive.

2. People use the | (union) operator instead of or

Lastly, here is my solution:

/SavingAccounts/SavingAccount
           [ServiceOnLine='yes' or ServiceViaPhone='yes']

Answer 3

Will

/SavingAccounts/SavingAccount[ServiceOnline/text()='yes' or ServiceViaPhone/text()='yes']

do the trick?

I have no XPath evaluator handy at the moment.

EDIT:
If I remember correctly, you don't need the text(), so

[ServiceOnline='yes' or ServiceViaPhone='yes']

should be sufficient, and more readable.

EDIT:
Yes, of course, 'or' for predicate expressions, my bad.