Syntax error when using XPath to extract node from HTML when <script> tag is present with '<' character in it #135
Description
Problem Statement
When using XPath on HTML it fails with a syntax error if there is javascript that uses the less than symbol.
The documentation says XPath can be used on XML documents. If I understand correctly HTML5 is a valid XML document. This same failure may also exist on other types of XML documents depending on what data it contains. Fixing this would likely also make XPath work on earlier versions of HTML in the same scenario.
Using CSS selectors on the same document works fine.
Steps to Reproduce
Example HTML5 document:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>HTML5 Example</title>
<script>
for (let i=0; i < 3; i++) {
console.log(i);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Page Title</h1>
<a href="https://example.com">This is a link</a>
</body>
</html>
Example command:
xq -e '//a/@href' example.html
Actual Result
Error: XML syntax error on line 7: expected element name after <
Expected Result
https://example.com