XMLNode.SelectSingleNode Method

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Returns an XMLNode object that represents the first child element that matches the XPath parameter within the specified XML element. .

Syntax

expression.SelectSingleNode(XPath, PrefixMapping, FastSearchSkippingTextNodes)

expression   An expression that returns an XMLNode object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
XPath Required String Specifies a valid XPath string. For more information on XPath, see the XPath reference documentation on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site.
PrefixMapping Optional String Provides the prefix in the schema against which to perform the search. Use the PrefixMapping parameter if your XPath parameter uses names to search for elements.
FastSearchSkippingTextNodes Optional Boolean True skips all text nodes while searching for the specified node. False includes text nodes in the search. Default value is False.

Return Value
XMLNode

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