how to get a value inside a child node without giving parent node in a xpath

Question

I have a xml that looks like this

<req>
  <info>
  <element name = "bob" value="20"/>
  <element name = "reena" value="50"/>
  </info>
</req>

I need to get value 20 or 50 without using parent nodes req and info

can anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

You might find something like

number(//element[@name="reena"]/@value)

a bit more flexible.

Answer 2

You could use something like:

number(//element[1]/@value)

This navigates directly to your first element and returns the attribute value it finds.