86. position() function in XPath Expressions (Selenium Java 2026)

position() XPath Function position() is an optional XPath function It returns the position of a node within a node-set (starting from 1) Practical Demonstration //p[1] selects the first p element //p[position()=1] same as above //p[2] selects the second p element //p[position()=2] same as above (//input)[1] selects the first input element (//input)[position()=1] same as above Key Point: Using [n] is shorthand for [position()=n] in XPath.