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getElementXPath

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  1. function getElementXPath(elt)
  2. {
  3. 	var path = "";
  4. 	for (; elt && elt.nodeType == 1; elt = elt.parentNode){
  5. 		idx = getElementIdx(elt);
  6. 		xname = elt.tagName;
  7. 		if (idx > 1) xname += "[" + idx + "]";
  8. 		path = "/" + xname + path;
  9. 	}
  10. 	return path;	
  11. }
  12.  
  13. function getElementIdx(elt){
  14. 	var count = 1;
  15. 	for (var sib = elt.previousSibling; sib ; sib = sib.previousSibling){
  16. 	if(sib.nodeType == 1 && sib.tagName == elt.tagName){
  17. 		count++
  18. 	}
  19. 	return count;
  20. }

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