xpath function
Applies to: Databricks SQL
Databricks Runtime
Returns values within the nodes of xml that match xpath.
Syntax
xpath(xml, xpath)
Arguments
xml: A STRING expression of XML.xpath: A STRING expression that is a well formed XPath.
Returns
An ARRAY of STRING.
The function raises an error if xml or xpath are malformed.
Examples
SQL
> SELECT xpath('<a><b>b1</b><b>b2</b><b>b3</b><c>c1</c><c>c2</c></a>','a/b/text()');
[b1, b2, b3]