Use xPath to test for an absent/missing attribute

Lets say you have this for input

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
    <object good="foo" >aoeu</object>
    <object >bar</object>
</root>


Is there a way to get the object without the good attribute?

In other words the opposite of this:

root/object[@good]

root/object[not(@good)]

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Sure:

root/object[not(@good)]


Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

I should have seen that, it’s painfully obvious after seeing it once. Thanks for the help!