Usually you can just count(preceding-sibling::u|self::u) and group them by this count. But alas! here you can not, because the sibling axis does not work on text() nodes. http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#node-tests -> Bullet point 3: "For other axes, the principal node type is element" Types of nodes: http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#data-model Try counting <u> nodes manually.
On Sunday, 1 June 2014 04:57:34 UTC+3, Jaspreet Singh wrote: > > Hi, > > I am looking to scrape a page where the required items are adjacent in > pairs having a single parent node. > > The page is http://www.intradaystocktips.org/stocks_to_watch_today.php > > I want the xpath to be specified such that "Tata Motors Ltd" and the > following text i.e. "Automobile major reported a net profit of Rs 3,920 > crore during Jan-March quarter, down 0.3 per cent, against a net profit of > Rs 3,931 crore, in the corresponding quarter last fiscal" is the first item. > Similarly the second item will be "Trent Ltd" followed by "Undeterred by > the BJP's apparently unyielding stance on foreign direct investment (FDI) > in multi-brand retail, Tesco is going ahead with its proposed $110 million > investment to open stores in a joint venture with Tata's Trent Hypermarket. > ". > > In short I need to select a node along with its adjacent node (i.e. > combining adjacent nodes) in a single item of the selection list. > > How can i create a selection using an xpath for the above rule? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "scrapy-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/scrapy-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
