use Test; BEGIN { plan tests => 5 } use XML::XPath; ok(1); my $xp = XML::XPath->new(ioref => *DATA); ok($xp); my @nodes; @nodes = $xp->findnodes('/AAA/BBB/DDD/CCC/EEE/ancestor::*'); ok(@nodes, 4); ok($nodes[1]->getName, "BBB"); # test document order @nodes = $xp->findnodes('//FFF/ancestor::*'); ok(@nodes, 5); __DATA__ <AAA> <BBB><DDD><CCC><DDD/><EEE/></CCC></DDD></BBB> <CCC><DDD><EEE><DDD><FFF/></DDD></EEE></DDD></CCC> </AAA>