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XML XPATH

Subject : it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Converts value to a string
month-from-date(current-date())
substring(str1, start, len)
current-date()
string(arg)

2. Selects all title AND price elements of all book elements
substring(str1, start, len)
trees of nodes
substring(str,start)
//book/title | //book/price

3. Returns length of passed string
books/book[last()]
string-length(str)
ends-with(str1, str2)
criteria

4. Returns length of current node string
sequence
string-length()
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
normalize-space(str)

5. Returns year value out of the date passed
child nodes
attribute node
year-from-date(date)
Predicates

6. Returns complete date/time
timezone-from-time(time)
current-dateTime()
contains(str1, str2)
trees of nodes

7. Selects parent of current node
..
ends-with(str1, str2)
not(arg)
hours-from-time(time)

8. Converts string to upper case
replace(str1, str2, str3)
upper-case(str)
floor(num)
'//'

9. XML documents are treated as _________- so the root of the tree is called the document node or root node
upper-case(str)
arrays and functions
index-of((item1, item2), item3...), target)
trees of nodes

10. Returns true if str1 ends with str2
floor(num)
ends-with(str1, str2)
standard function
index-of((item1, item2), item3...), target)

11. selects first book element from the children of books element
current-dateTime()
Predicates
.
books/book[1]

12. Returns 2008
year-from-date(current-date())
/bookstore/*
normalize-space(str)
arrays and functions

13. 3 parts of XSL (eXtensible stylesheet language): Xpath for navigating XML documents - XSLT for ______ documents - XSL-FO for formatting XML documents
minutes-from-time(time)
month-from-date(date)
timezone-from-time(time)
transforming

14. XPath contains a library of _________
child nodes
'//'
/bookstore/book/title | //price
standard function

15. Selects last book element from the children of books element
year-from-date(date)
syntax
month-from-date(date)
books/book[last()]

16. Returns true if str1 starts with str2
criteria
starts-with(str1, str2)
insert-before((item1, item2, item3...), positionX, itemX)
XSLT

17. Travels from current node to select nodes that match - wherever they are

18. Trims leading and trailing spaces
syntax
normalize-space(str)
abs(num)
books/book[position()

19. Element nodes may have zero - one - or more _________
compare(arg1, arg2)
child nodes
concat(str1, str2, str3...)
Predicates

20. Concatenates strings together with separator between each string
lower-case(str)
string-join((str1, str2, str3), separator)
ceiling(num)
path expressions

21. Returns October or 10 ?
insert-before((item1, item2, item3...), positionX, itemX)
child nodes
substring-before(str1, str2)
month-from-date(current-date())

22. Sibling nodes all have the same ______
parent
trees of nodes
..
not(arg)

23. Transformation is actually accomplished by a _____________ like Saxon XSLT
translate(str1, str2, str3)
contains(str1, str2)
floor(num)
processor application

24. Returns everything after the first occurrence of str2
true() and false()
//*
books/book[last()]
substring-after(str1, str2)

25. 3 wildcards: ? matches any element node - @ matches any ___________ - node() matches any node of any kind
books/book[price > 35.00]
transformation
timezone-from-time(time)
attribute node

26. Returns true if str1 contains str2
boolean(arg)
contains(str1, str2)
floor(num)
round(num)

27. Returns second value from time passed
seconds-from-time(time)
path expressions
transforming
contains(str1, str2)

28. Selects current node
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
round(num)
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)
.

29. In str1, replaces all occurrences of str2 with str3
Predicates
current-date()
year-from-date(date)
replace(str1, str2, str3)

30. Inserts new itemX into the collection at the positionX - example insert-before("a", "b", "c"), 3, "z") returns (abzc)
books/book[last()]
Xpath operators
insert-before((item1, item2, item3...), positionX, itemX)
starts-with(str1, str2)

31. Returns today's date
current-date()
transformation
substring(str1, start, len)
string(arg)

32. Selects all title elements which have any attribute
normalize-space(str)
//title[@*]
floor(num)
syntax

33. Selects attributes
//title | //price
books/book[price > 35.00]
@
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)

34. Returns substring from start position to end of string
substring(str,start)
upper-case(str)
string(arg)
trees of nodes

35. XPath is a major element in _______
XSLT
child nodes
insert-before((item1, item2, item3...), positionX, itemX)
transforming

36. The XPath division operator not "/" cuz "/" is used in path expressions
div
parent
month-from-date(date)
criteria

37. Returns time right now
upper-case(str)
index-of((item1, item2), item3...), target)
child nodes
current-time()

38. Converts string number to numeric value
number(arg)
div
day-from-date(date)
string-length()

39. Seven kinds of nodes in XPath: element - attribute - text - namespace - __________ - comment - document (root) nodes - a.k.a. DECANT-PI
round(num)
processing-instruction
month-from-date(current-date())
abs(num)

40. XSL is what we use to get from readable to _________
usable document
ends-with(str1, str2)
syntax
criteria

41. A predicate is used by is used by adding square brackets [ ] to the end of a path or portion of a path - and adding ________ inside the brackets
day-from-date(date)
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
.
criteria

42. Concatenates strings together (example concat('It",'is','cool') returns "Itiscool"
//*
concat(str1, str2, str3...)
month-from-date(date)
/bookstore/*

43. Returns all unique values in that collection - example: distinct-values(a, b, c, d, a, c) returns (a, b, c, d)
upper-case(str)
current-dateTime()
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
index-of((item1, item2), item3...), target)

44. Replaces chars of str2 found in str1 with chars of str3
upper-case(str)
string(arg)
translate(str1, str2, str3)
transformation

45. Returns month value out of date passed
arrays and functions
month-from-date(date)
//book[@isbn]
standard function

46. XPath uses ____________ to navigate in XML documents - selecting nodes or node-sets
substring(str1, start, len)
usable document
path expressions
string(arg)

47. Selects all title AND price elements in the entire document
books/book[last()]
string-join((str1, str2, str3), separator)
hours-from-time(time)
//title | //price

48. xpath function categories: numeric - string - boolea - date/time - ________
..
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)
sequence
lower-case(str)

49. Returns timezone value from time passed
concat(str1, str2, str3...)
//book[@isbn]
contains(str1, str2)
timezone-from-time(time)

50. +, -, *, div, =, !=, <, <=, >, >=, or, and, mod (modulus)
Xpath operators
path expressions
child nodes
compare(arg1, arg2)