Mario Vázquez wrote:

> Or, in other words, how to get a fixed number of nodes through a XPath
> query?

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> Mario Vázquez wrote:
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>> Or, in other words, how to get a fixed number of nodes through a XPath
>> query?
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> Sure, do e.g.
> (originalXPath)[position() >= 1 and position() <= 20]
> to get the first 20 nodes (if there are as many).
> So using a predicate and the position function allows you to select/filter
> out a certain number. If you just want a certain number then e.g.
> (originalXPath)[10]
> gives you the tenth node.
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