I am trying to exclude three <td> elements from a result set:

<td>
    &#x1F947;
</td>
<td>
    &#x1F948;
</td>
<td>
    &#x1F949;
</td>

I've tried using:

td[not(contains(., '🥈'))]

For example, but the element I don't want still comes back...

CodePudding user response：

In the xpath expression, you need to use the escape conventions of the host language. Using &-escaping is fine if the host is XSLT, but if it’s JavaScript, for example, you’ll need to use backslash escaping.

CodePudding user response：

To avoid the labyrinth of escaping conventions, just use literal Unicode characters themselves, which can be searched and then copy-and-pasted from sites such as Compart: