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+object Test
+{
+  val xml1 = <root xmlns:ns="nsUri" ns:at="rootVal"><sub ns:at="subVal"/></root>
+  val xml2= scala.xml.XML.loadString("""<root xmlns:ns="nsUri" ns:at="rootVal"><sub ns:at="subVal"/></root>""")
+
+  def backslashSearch(x: xml.Elem) = "root:-"+(x \ "@{nsUri}at") +"-sub:-"+(x \ "sub" \ "@{nsUri}at") +"-"
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    println(backslashSearch(xml1))
+    println(backslashSearch(xml2))
+  }
+}