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Extract field from XML attribute/element values, spath doesn't quite work out of the box, cant find a solution with xpath

phillip_rice
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Hi, I have the below example XML, when i process this through spath i get the following fields with values created automatically

xpath "//table/elem/@key" outfield=name
The first is just the values
answer
question

The second contains the values of the answer and question.

xpath "//table/elem/" outfield=name
true
false
is it true or false

etc

I am trying to extract 2 fields based on the key="answer" and key="name"

any idea how i can achieve this using spath/xpath etc

`
true
is it true or false

true
is it true or false

false
is it true or false
`

Thanks

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phillip_rice
Explorer

Found the solution

xpath "//table/table/elem[@key='answer']" outfield=AAA

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phillip_rice
Explorer

Found the solution

xpath "//table/table/elem[@key='answer']" outfield=AAA

phillip_rice
Explorer
<table>
<elem key="answer">true</elem>
<elem key="name">Is it true or false</elem>
</table>
<table>
<elem key="answer">true</elem>
<elem key="name">Is it true or false</elem>
</table>
<table>
<elem key="answer">false</elem>
<elem key="name">Is it true or false</elem>
</table>


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