Select nodes based on their children

Select nodes based on child count

Sample XML

 <Students>
    <Student>
        <Name>
            <First>Ashley</First>
            <Last>Smith</Last>
        </Name>
        <Grades>
            <Exam1>A</Exam1>
            <Exam2>B</Exam2>
            <Final>A</Final>
        </Grades>
    </Student>
    <Student>
        <Name>
            <First>Bill</First>
            <Last>Edwards</Last>
        </Name>
        <Grades>
            <Exam1>A</Exam1>
        </Grades>
    </Student>    
</Students>

XPath

Select all students that have at least 2 grades recorded

//Student[count(./Grades/*) > 1]

Output

<Student>
    <Name>
        <First>Ashley</First>
        <Last>Smith</Last>
    </Name>
    <Grades>
        <Exam1>A</Exam1>
        <Exam2>B</Exam2>
        <Final>A</Final>
    </Grades>
</Student>

Select nodes based on specific child node

Sample XML

 <Students>
    <Student>
        <Name>
            <First>Ashley</First>
            <Last>Smith</Last>
        </Name>
        <Grades>
            <Exam1>A</Exam1>
            <Exam2>B</Exam2>
            <Final>A</Final>
        </Grades>
    </Student>
    <Student>
        <Name>
            <First>Bill</First>
            <Last>Edwards</Last>
        </Name>
        <Grades>
            <Exam1>A</Exam1>
        </Grades>
    </Student>    
</Students>

XPath

Select all students that have a score for Exam2 recorded

//Student[./Grades/Exam2]

//Student[.//Exam2]

Output

<Student>
    <Name>
        <First>Ashley</First>
        <Last>Smith</Last>
    </Name>
    <Grades>
        <Exam1>A</Exam1>
        <Exam2>B</Exam2>
        <Final>A</Final>
    </Grades>
</Student>