XPath: select child elements that do *not* have a specific name

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<a>
   <b/>
   <c/>
   <d/>
   <b/>
   <e/>
</a>

How do I select those children of "a" that are not "b"?

xpath
3 Answers

/a/*[not(self::b)]

user_710590

With XPath 2.0 you can even do

/a/(* except b)
user_2522280

Xpath will look:

a/*[name(.) !='b']

So, select children of 'a' whose name is not equal 'b'

user_1498180
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