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XML XPATH

Subject : it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sibling nodes all have the same ______
//book/title | //book/price
parent
books/book[price > 35.00]
'/'

2. XPath contains a library of _________
standard function
@
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)
true() and false()

3. Returns absolute value (example abs(-2.5) returns 2.5
year-from-date(date)
nodes
abs(num)
substring-before(str1, str2)

4. Converts value to a string
trees of nodes
year-from-date(date)
string(arg)
books/book[price > 35.00]

5. Returns minute value from time passed
Predicates
minutes-from-time(time)
ceiling(num)
nodes

6. Selects all title AND price elements of all book elements
//*
syntax
//book/title | //book/price
month-from-date(date)

7. Selects last book element from the children of books element
contains(str1, str2)
books/book[last()]
//title[@*]
true() and false()

8. Returns October or 10 ?
month-from-date(current-date())
upper-case(str)
transformation
normalize-space(str)

9. Selects all title AND price elements in the entire document
//book[@isbn]
//title | //price
substring-after(str1, str2)
seconds-from-time(time)

10. Selects first two book elements from the children of books element
books/book[position()
upper-case(str)
attribute node
books/book[last()]

11. XPath is a major element in _______
XSLT
normalize-space(str)
index-of((item1, item2), item3...), target)
hours-from-time(time)

12. XML documents are treated as _________- so the root of the tree is called the document node or root node
ends-with(str1, str2)
..
trees of nodes
'/'

13. 3 parts of XSL (eXtensible stylesheet language): Xpath for navigating XML documents - XSLT for ______ documents - XSL-FO for formatting XML documents
/bookstore/*
transforming
seconds-from-time(time)
true() and false()

14. Returns substring from start position to end of string
boolean(arg)
substring(str,start)
month-from-date(current-date())
translate(str1, str2, str3)

15. Returns everything after the first occurrence of str2
substring-after(str1, str2)
current-dateTime()
path
..

16. Returns timezone value from time passed
string-length(str)
timezone-from-time(time)
contains(str1, str2)
transformation

17. Returns n-length substring from start position
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
substring(str1, start, len)
//book/title | //book/price
day-from-date(date)

18. Selects all book elements with a child element "price" with values greater than 35
books/book[price > 35.00]
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
boolean(arg)
substring(str,start)

19. Returns true if str2 appears anywhere inside str1
day-from-date(date)
string-length()
matches(str1, str2)
books/book[price > 35.00]

20. Returns month value out of date passed
criteria
month-from-date(date)
seconds-from-time(time)
current-date()

21. Concatenates strings together with separator between each string
//*
books/book[price > 35.00]
parent node
string-join((str1, str2, str3), separator)

22. The XPath division operator not "/" cuz "/" is used in path expressions
month-from-date(current-date())
true() and false()
standard function
div

23. 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
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)
/bookstore/book/title | //price
trees of nodes
criteria

24. Selects all the child nodes of the bookstore element
seconds-from-time(time)
/bookstore/*
starts-with(str1, str2)
translate(str1, str2, str3)

25. Returns false or true
boolean(arg)
hours-from-time(time)
parent
usable document

26. +, -, *, div, =, !=, <, <=, >, >=, or, and, mod (modulus)
Xpath operators
abs(num)
remove((item1, item2, item3...), position)
seconds-from-time(time)

27. Selects from the root node
'/'

28. Selects all book elements with an attribute isbn=
'//'
//book[@isbn]
normalize-space(str)
Predicates

29. Selects all title elements of the book element AND all price elements in the entire document
/bookstore/book/title | //price
hours-from-time(time)
current-date()
arrays and functions

30. Concatenates strings together (example concat('It",'is','cool') returns "Itiscool"
current-time()
transforming
concat(str1, str2, str3...)
not(arg)

31. Returns 2008
year-from-date(current-date())
@
seconds-from-time(time)
substring(str1, start, len)

32. Returns true if str1 starts with str2
XSLT
starts-with(str1, str2)
'//'
//book/title | //book/price

33. The process of taking raw XML - adding XSL - and outputting a document file of some type
lower-case(str)
transformation
day-from-date(date)
path expressions

34. XSL is what we use to get from readable to _________
number(arg)
ceiling(num)
/bookstore/book/title | //price
usable document

35. Returns length of current node string
attribute node
standard function
Xpath operators
string-length()

36. Returns true if str1 ends with str2
string(arg)
ends-with(str1, str2)
//book/title | //book/price
contains(str1, str2)

37. Selects current node
/bookstore/*
current-dateTime()
//title[@*]
.

38. Use a | to select more than one _____ (means AND)
standard function
path
substring(str1, start, len)
normalize-space(str)

39. _______ have 3 primary relationships: parent - child - sibling
arrays and functions
substring(str1, start, len)
nodes
.

40. Returns all unique values in that collection - example: distinct-values(a, b, c, d, a, c) returns (a, b, c, d)
instinct-values(item1, item2, item3...))
lower-case(str)
books/book[price > 35.00]
year-from-date(current-date())

41. Trims leading and trailing spaces
normalize-space(str)
concat(str1, str2, str3...)
current-date()
'/'

42. XPath is a for defining parts of an XML document
syntax
@
minutes-from-time(time)
current-time()

43. Returns boolean true or boolean false
true() and false()
index-of((item1, item2), item3...), target)
month-from-date(current-date())
path

44. Returns second value from time passed
seconds-from-time(time)
syntax
//book[@isbn]
boolean(arg)

45. Returns true if str1 contains str2
parent node
abs(num)
contains(str1, str2)
nodes

46. Returns false if true - true if false (negative logic)
parent node
nodes
not(arg)
child nodes

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

48. Seven kinds of nodes in XPath: element - attribute - text - namespace - __________ - comment - document (root) nodes - a.k.a. DECANT-PI
//title | //price
substring-before(str1, str2)
processing-instruction
substring(str,start)

49. Returns length of passed string
matches(str1, str2)
string-length(str)
current-date()
@

50. xpath function categories: numeric - string - boolea - date/time - ________
sequence
//book[@isbn]
string-join((str1, str2, str3), separator)
path