From: Chris Shea <chris@...>
Date: 2007-12-19T07:21:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Hpricot syntax different from Xpath ?

On Dec 18, 2007 3:04 PM, Celine <xhanrot@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm trying to parse a page with Hpricot in order to retrieve a value.
>
> I use Xpather (a firefox extension) in order to get the path of this
> value. But when I use this path with Hpricot, it doesn't work. I have
> to change it so that it works.
>
> Here's my path, given by Xpather :
>
> /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div/div[1]/
> div[1]/table/tbody/tr[1]
>
>
> And here's what I have to write in order to make it understand by
> Hpricot :
>
> /html/body/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/table/tr
>
>
> Could you explain me why I have to write that ?

Well, it depends. It'd be helpful to see the page you're working with.
You might want to try asking the Hpricot mailing list as well (To
join: Send a message to hpricot@code.whytheluckystiff.net Cc:
why@whytheluckystiff.net).

Chris