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>xpath</H1
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>Name</H2
>xpath &#8212; </DIV
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#define     <A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XPATH-UNDEFINED"
>XPATH_UNDEFINED</A
>
#define     <A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XPATH-NODESET"
>XPATH_NODESET</A
>
#define     <A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XPATH-BOOLEAN"
>XPATH_BOOLEAN</A
>
#define     <A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XPATH-NUMBER"
>XPATH_NUMBER</A
>
#define     <A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XPATH-STRING"
>XPATH_STRING</A
>
void        (<A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XMLXPATHFUNCTION"
>*xmlXPathFunction</A
>)             (<GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHPARSERCONTEXTPTR"
>xmlXPathParserContextPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> ctxt,
                                             int nargs);
<GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHCONTEXTPTR"
>xmlXPathContextPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> <A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XMLXPATHNEWCONTEXT"
>xmlXPathNewContext</A
>       (<A
HREF="gnome-xml-tree.html#XMLDOCPTR"
>xmlDocPtr</A
> doc,
                                             void *variables,
                                             void *functions);
void        <A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XMLXPATHFREECONTEXT"
>xmlXPathFreeContext</A
>             (<GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHCONTEXTPTR"
>xmlXPathContextPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> ctxt);
<GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHOBJECTPTR"
>xmlXPathObjectPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> <A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XMLXPATHEVAL"
>xmlXPathEval</A
>              (const <A
HREF="gnome-xml-tree.html#CHAR"
>CHAR</A
> *str,
                                             <GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHCONTEXTPTR"
>xmlXPathContextPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> ctxt);
void        <A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XMLXPATHFREEOBJECT"
>xmlXPathFreeObject</A
>              (<GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHOBJECTPTR"
>xmlXPathObjectPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> obj);
<GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHOBJECTPTR"
>xmlXPathObjectPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> <A
HREF="gnome-xml-xpath.html#XMLXPATHEVALEXPRESSION"
>xmlXPathEvalExpression</A
>    (const <A
HREF="gnome-xml-tree.html#CHAR"
>CHAR</A
> *str,
                                             <GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHCONTEXTPTR"
>xmlXPathContextPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> ctxt);</PRE
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><H3
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></A
>XPATH_UNDEFINED</H3
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><PRE
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>#define     XPATH_UNDEFINED</PRE
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>XPATH_NODESET</H3
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>#define     XPATH_NODESET</PRE
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NAME="AEN7708"
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>XPATH_BOOLEAN</H3
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>#define     XPATH_BOOLEAN</PRE
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><A
NAME="AEN7713"
></A
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><A
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></A
>XPATH_NUMBER</H3
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><PRE
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>#define     XPATH_NUMBER</PRE
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><A
NAME="AEN7718"
></A
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><A
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></A
>XPATH_STRING</H3
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><PRE
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>#define     XPATH_STRING</PRE
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><A
NAME="AEN7723"
></A
><H3
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></A
>xmlXPathFunction ()</H3
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>void        (*xmlXPathFunction)             (<GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHPARSERCONTEXTPTR"
>xmlXPathParserContextPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> ctxt,
                                             int nargs);</PRE
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></TT
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><I
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></TT
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></A
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NAME="XMLXPATHNEWCONTEXT"
></A
>xmlXPathNewContext ()</H3
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><GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHCONTEXTPTR"
>xmlXPathContextPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> xmlXPathNewContext       (<A
HREF="gnome-xml-tree.html#XMLDOCPTR"
>xmlDocPtr</A
> doc,
                                             void *variables,
                                             void *functions);</PRE
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>Create a new xmlXPathContext</P
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></P
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><H3
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></A
>xmlXPathFreeContext ()</H3
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>void        xmlXPathFreeContext             (<GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHCONTEXTPTR"
>xmlXPathContextPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> ctxt);</PRE
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><P
>Free up an xmlXPathContext</P
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><I
>ctxt</I
></TT
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></P
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><A
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></A
><H3
><A
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></A
>xmlXPathEval ()</H3
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><GTKDOCLINK
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>xmlXPathObjectPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> xmlXPathEval              (const <A
HREF="gnome-xml-tree.html#CHAR"
>CHAR</A
> *str,
                                             <GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHCONTEXTPTR"
>xmlXPathContextPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> ctxt);</PRE
></TD
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><P
>Evaluate the XPath Location Path in the given context.</P
><P
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></TT
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><I
>ctxt</I
></TT
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>Returns</I
> :</TD
><TD
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>&nbsp;</TD
></TR
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><P
></P
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><A
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></A
><H3
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></A
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><PRE
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>void        xmlXPathFreeObject              (<GTKDOCLINK
HREF="XMLXPATHOBJECTPTR"
>xmlXPathObjectPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> obj);</PRE
></TD
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><P
>Free up an xmlXPathObjectPtr object.</P
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></TT
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><A
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></A
><H3
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></A
>xmlXPathEvalExpression ()</H3
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><PRE
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><GTKDOCLINK
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>xmlXPathObjectPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> xmlXPathEvalExpression    (const <A
HREF="gnome-xml-tree.html#CHAR"
>CHAR</A
> *str,
                                             <GTKDOCLINK
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>xmlXPathContextPtr</GTKDOCLINK
> ctxt);</PRE
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