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XML XPATH

Subject : it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Selects all title elements which have any attribute
day-from-date(date)
//title[@*]
number(arg)
books/book[last()]

2. Returns year value out of the date passed
year-from-date(date)
true() and false()
timezone-from-time(time)
criteria

3. every element and every attribute have just one _________
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
..
contains(str1, str2)
parent node

4. Returns substring from start position to end of string
..
substring(str,start)
string(arg)
substring-before(str1, str2)

5. Selects parent of current node
..
//title | //price
upper-case(str)
transforming

6. Replaces chars of str2 found in str1 with chars of str3
processor application
translate(str1, str2, str3)
usable document
boolean(arg)

7. Returns October or 10 ?
month-from-date(current-date())
upper-case(str)
concat(str1, str2, str3...)
criteria

8. Returns second value from time passed
number(arg)
seconds-from-time(time)
round(num)
attribute node

9. XSL is what we use to get from readable to _________
matches(str1, str2)
lower-case(str)
sequence
usable document

10. Returns month value out of date passed
boolean(arg)
standard function
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)
month-from-date(date)

11. Returns day value from date passed
minutes-from-time(time)
hours-from-time(time)
books/book[position()
day-from-date(date)

12. Returns logically rounded integer
year-from-date(current-date())
processing-instruction
round(num)
substring(str1, start, len)

13. XML documents are treated as _________- so the root of the tree is called the document node or root node
minutes-from-time(time)
lower-case(str)
XSLT
trees of nodes

14. Returns timezone value from time passed
timezone-from-time(time)
hours-from-time(time)
minutes-from-time(time)
contains(str1, str2)

15. Returns false if true - true if false (negative logic)
not(arg)
sequence
minutes-from-time(time)
hours-from-time(time)

16. Selects all the child nodes of the bookstore element
/bookstore/*
Xpath operators
matches(str1, str2)
//book[@isbn]

17. Selects last book element from the children of books element
transformation
books/book[last()]
parent
not(arg)

18. Concatenates strings together (example concat('It",'is','cool') returns "Itiscool"
path
concat(str1, str2, str3...)
books/book[position()
timezone-from-time(time)

19. Returns false or true
books/book[position()
/bookstore/book/title | //price
boolean(arg)
syntax

20. Returns time right now
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
current-dateTime()
current-time()
timezone-from-time(time)

21. ________ allow more specific selections within the XPath
div
translate(str1, str2, str3)
matches(str1, str2)
Predicates

22. Returns boolean true or boolean false
floor(num)
path
true() and false()
month-from-date(date)

23. Sibling nodes all have the same ______
parent
floor(num)
substring(str,start)
//*

24. Element nodes may have zero - one - or more _________
child nodes
string(arg)
syntax
normalize-space(str)

25. Selects all title AND price elements of all book elements
processing-instruction
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)
//book/title | //book/price
Xpath operators

26. Returns n-length substring from start position
timezone-from-time(time)
trees of nodes
compare(arg1, arg2)
substring(str1, start, len)

27. In str1, replaces all occurrences of str2 with str3
replace(str1, str2, str3)
'/'
books/book[position()
//*

28. Returns absolute value (example abs(-2.5) returns 2.5
//book[@isbn]
books/book[price > 35.00]
hours-from-time(time)
abs(num)

29. Converts string to lower case
//book/title | //book/price
trees of nodes
//book[@isbn]
lower-case(str)

30. Converts string number to numeric value
minutes-from-time(time)
number(arg)
syntax
path

31. Returns hour value from time passed
hours-from-time(time)
current-time()
path
replace(str1, str2, str3)

32. Selects all title AND price elements in the entire document
replace(str1, str2, str3)
transformation
//title | //price
abs(num)

33. selects first book element from the children of books element
insert-before((item1, item2, item3...), positionX, itemX)
processing-instruction
round(num)
books/book[1]

34. The process of taking raw XML - adding XSL - and outputting a document file of some type
minutes-from-time(time)
path
transformation
Xpath operators

35. Gets position(s) of target item(s) - example: index-of(15, 40, 25, 40, 10), 40) returns (2, 4)
child nodes
div
index-of((item1, item2), item3...), target)
string(arg)

36. Returns minute value from time passed
ceiling(num)
current-dateTime()
..
minutes-from-time(time)

37. Removes item in the position - example: remove(("ab", "cd", "ef"), 1) returns ("cd", "ef")
books/book[position()
matches(str1, str2)
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)
replace(str1, str2, str3)

38. XPath is a major element in _______
//title[@*]
replace(str1, str2, str3)
XSLT
ceiling(num)

39. Compares strings, returns 0 if same, -1 if not same
XSLT
compare(arg1, arg2)
month-from-date(date)
contains(str1, str2)

40. xpath function categories: numeric - string - boolea - date/time - ________
transforming
abs(num)
sequence
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)

41. Returns length of passed string
string-length(str)
//book[@isbn]
books/book[last()]
substring(str,start)

42. Selects attributes
@
substring(str,start)
//title | //price
month-from-date(current-date())

43. XPath contains a library of _________
index-of((item1, item2), item3...), target)
not(arg)
standard function
current-time()

44. Selects all elements in the document
processor application
transformation
current-dateTime()
//*

45. +, -, *, div, =, !=, <, <=, >, >=, or, and, mod (modulus)
.
Xpath operators
'/'
month-from-date(date)

46. Trims leading and trailing spaces
starts-with(str1, str2)
normalize-space(str)
Xpath operators
insert-before((item1, item2, item3...), positionX, itemX)

47. Selects from the root node
'/'

48. Returns everything after the first occurrence of str2
compare(arg1, arg2)
current-time()
substring-after(str1, str2)
div

49. Returns next highest integer
@
ceiling(num)
not(arg)
substring(str,start)

50. Returns true if str2 appears anywhere inside str1
@
'//'
matches(str1, str2)
processor application