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Child sequence

Child sequence is an absolute path to the selected element. It is a sequence of slashes "/" and numbers (starting with "/"). Each integer n locates the nth child of the previously located element.

XPointer:element(/1)
Corresponding XPath:/*[1]
Matches root element

<AAA>
   <BBB>
      <CCC/>
      <CCC/>
   </BBB>
   <BBB>
      <CCC/>
      <CCC/>
   </BBB>
</AAA>
XPointer:element(/1/2)
Corresponding XPath:/*[1]/*[2]
Matches the second child of the root element.

<AAA>
   <BBB>
      <CCC/>
      <CCC/>
   </BBB>
   <BBB>
      <CCC/>
      <CCC/>
   </BBB>
</AAA>
XPointer:element(/1/2/1)
Corresponding XPath:/*[1]/*[2]/*[1]
Matches the first child of the second child of the root element.

<AAA>
   <BBB>
      <CCC/>
      <CCC/>
   </BBB>
   <BBB>
      <CCC/>
      <CCC/>
   </BBB>
</AAA>