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To retrieve the first piece of data using XPath, the method involves utilizing the indexing functionality of XPath. In XPath, specifying the index value after the node path indicates which node to retrieve.<\/p>\n

To retrieve the first data, you can use the following XPath expression:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Can you explain that concept in simpler terms?<\/li>\n
  2. Node path [1]<\/li>\n
  3. – Path of node [1]<\/li>\n
  4. \/path of parent node\/path of child node[1]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The specific usage method is determined by the specific XML or HTML structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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