Question
I have an html document that I need to grab all table elements that are the 5th table deep in the DOM, not to be confused with the 5th child table. My problem is this 5 table deep structure could be wrapped in any number of div elements so I can't use an absolute path such as
/html/body/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr/td/table
For example:
<body>
<table>
<table>
<table>
<table>
<!--Grab this one -->
<table>
</table>
</table>
</table>
</table>
</table>
</body>
Or This:
<body>
<div> <!--Could be wrapped more than just once though -->
<table>
<table>
<table>
<table>
<!--Grab this one -->
<table>
</table>
</table>
</table>
</table>
</table>
</div>
</body>
Accepted Answer
Use:
(//table[count(ancestor::table) = 4])[1]
This selects the first table in the document that has exactly four ancestors named table .
Popular Answer
I believe you'd want the // expression between each element, making the full expression:
//table//table//table//table//table
This will select any table that has 4 tables anywhere in its path
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