xpath select elements between two nodes

Answer 1

The xpath is going to be a long one so brace yourself:

count(//tr[preceding-sibling::tr/td[@class = 'd2']][count(.|//tr[following-sibling::tr/td[@class = 'd2']])=count(//tr[following-sibling::tr/td[@class = 'd2']])])

To select the actual nodes and not have just the count, simply remove the first count :

//tr[preceding-sibling::tr/td[@class = 'd2']][count(.|//tr[following-sibling::tr/td[@class = 'd2']])=count(//tr[following-sibling::tr/td[@class = 'd2']])]

There are various things happening here notably:

• Select start node by selecting preceding sibling's child node tr/td with id='2'
• Select end node by selecting following sibling's child node tr/td with id='2'
• Use kaycian method : http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/muench.html#d9940e108 to get the intersection between the two nodes.