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XML XPATH

Subject : it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Returns timezone value from time passed
seconds-from-time(time)
.
timezone-from-time(time)
arrays and functions

2. Concatenates strings together (example concat('It",'is','cool') returns "Itiscool"
not(arg)
concat(str1, str2, str3...)
upper-case(str)
books/book[1]

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

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4. Returns true if str1 ends with str2
ends-with(str1, str2)
string-join((str1, str2, str3), separator)
seconds-from-time(time)
abs(num)

5. XSL is what we use to get from readable to _________
//*
minutes-from-time(time)
usable document
arrays and functions

6. Returns true if str1 contains str2
standard function
contains(str1, str2)
//title[@*]
month-from-date(date)

7. Returns 2008
contains(str1, str2)
year-from-date(current-date())
concat(str1, str2, str3...)
month-from-date(date)

8. Selects last book element from the children of books element
books/book[last()]
contains(str1, str2)
boolean(arg)
floor(num)

9. Returns month value out of date passed
year-from-date(date)
month-from-date(date)
processing-instruction
not(arg)

10. Returns absolute value (example abs(-2.5) returns 2.5
abs(num)
ceiling(num)
processor application
Xpath operators

11. Returns n-length substring from start position
processing-instruction
contains(str1, str2)
parent node
substring(str1, start, len)

12. _______ have 3 primary relationships: parent - child - sibling
round(num)
books/book[price > 35.00]
nodes
month-from-date(current-date())

13. Selects first two book elements from the children of books element
true() and false()
substring(str,start)
books/book[position()
books/book[price > 35.00]

14. every element and every attribute have just one _________
string-join((str1, str2, str3), separator)
processing-instruction
parent node
@

15. Returns all unique values in that collection - example: distinct-values(a, b, c, d, a, c) returns (a, b, c, d)
//title | //price
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
year-from-date(date)
year-from-date(current-date())

16. Replaces chars of str2 found in str1 with chars of str3
string-length(str)
translate(str1, str2, str3)
/bookstore/*
substring-before(str1, str2)

17. Returns everything after the first occurrence of str2
hours-from-time(time)
substring-after(str1, str2)
round(num)
minutes-from-time(time)

18. Converts string number to numeric value
month-from-date(date)
floor(num)
number(arg)
abs(num)

19. Returns everything before the first occurrence of str2
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
Predicates
substring-before(str1, str2)
child nodes

20. Returns minute value from time passed
XSLT
books/book[position()
not(arg)
minutes-from-time(time)

21. Converts value to a string
path
string(arg)
minutes-from-time(time)
parent node

22. Selects all the child nodes of the bookstore element
//book[@isbn]
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)
div
/bookstore/*

23. The XPath division operator not "/" cuz "/" is used in path expressions
string(arg)
'//'
floor(num)
div

24. Returns logically rounded integer
year-from-date(date)
true() and false()
round(num)
nodes

25. Returns October or 10 ?
div
number(arg)
month-from-date(current-date())
index-of((item1, item2), item3...), target)

26. Converts string to lower case
lower-case(str)
normalize-space(str)
year-from-date(current-date())
string-length()

27. XPath uses ____________ to navigate in XML documents - selecting nodes or node-sets
path expressions
hours-from-time(time)
timezone-from-time(time)
current-time()

28. Returns today's date
nodes
current-date()
string-length(str)
starts-with(str1, str2)

29. Returns day value from date passed
.
'//'
day-from-date(date)
string-join((str1, str2, str3), separator)

30. Returns complete date/time
//book/title | //book/price
child nodes
current-dateTime()
current-time()

31. Inserts new itemX into the collection at the positionX - example insert-before("a", "b", "c"), 3, "z") returns (abzc)
insert-before((item1, item2, item3...), positionX, itemX)
nodes
@
floor(num)

32. Selects all title elements of the book element AND all price elements in the entire document
year-from-date(date)
/bookstore/*
transformation
/bookstore/book/title | //price

33. Seven kinds of nodes in XPath: element - attribute - text - namespace - __________ - comment - document (root) nodes - a.k.a. DECANT-PI
processing-instruction
month-from-date(current-date())
child nodes
translate(str1, str2, str3)

34. XPath is a major element in _______
XSLT
current-date()
..
standard function

35. Element nodes may have zero - one - or more _________
child nodes
/bookstore/*
abs(num)
..

36. selects first book element from the children of books element
books/book[1]
month-from-date(date)
div
transforming

37. Returns year value out of the date passed
translate(str1, str2, str3)
substring-after(str1, str2)
substring(str1, start, len)
year-from-date(date)

38. Returns boolean true or boolean false
..
.
true() and false()
nodes

39. Selects all book elements with a child element "price" with values greater than 35
current-date()
books/book[price > 35.00]
usable document
XSLT

40. Selects parent of current node
..
normalize-space(str)
.
lower-case(str)

41. Compares strings, returns 0 if same, -1 if not same
'/'
string-length()
concat(str1, str2, str3...)
compare(arg1, arg2)

42. Returns time right now
current-time()
substring(str,start)
XSLT
path expressions

43. Returns length of passed string
string-length(str)
path
current-time()
transforming

44. Selects all title AND price elements of all book elements
parent
true() and false()
//book/title | //book/price
current-time()

45. Selects all elements in the document
//*
minutes-from-time(time)
string(arg)
substring-after(str1, str2)

46. Returns true if str2 appears anywhere inside str1
trees of nodes
string-length(str)
matches(str1, str2)
'/'

47. The process of taking raw XML - adding XSL - and outputting a document file of some type
transformation
@
books/book[position()
ends-with(str1, str2)

48. Transformation is actually accomplished by a _____________ like Saxon XSLT
abs(num)
processor application
number(arg)
//title[@*]

49. Selects all title AND price elements in the entire document
compare(arg1, arg2)
Predicates
//title | //price
string-length(str)

50. Selects all book elements with an attribute isbn=
//book[@isbn]
month-from-date(current-date())
.
string-length(str)