use Test; BEGIN { plan tests => 4 } use XML::XPath; ok(1); my $xp = XML::XPath->new(ioref => *DATA); ok($xp); my @nodes; @nodes = $xp->findnodes('//DDD/parent::*'); ok(@nodes, 4); ok($nodes[3]->getName, "EEE"); __DATA__ <AAA> <BBB><DDD><CCC><DDD/><EEE/></CCC></DDD></BBB> <CCC><DDD><EEE><DDD><FFF/></DDD></EEE></DDD></CCC> </AAA>