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True_Blue
True_Blue

Reputation: 1447

Would like to use wildcard within an xpath

I have two links on a page that have the text 'London'. I want to choose the second one on the page, but I want to define the xpath in a way that it chooses by the parent div, but I want to use wildcard in case the link is moved.

So, the two xpaths are

//div[@id="first-id"]/div/div[2]/a[text()="London"]

//div[@id="second-id"]/div[2]/div[3]/div/a[text()="London"]

I want to use a wildcard and define the xpath within the parent div:

i.e. //div[@id="second-id"]/*/a[text="London"]

I already understand I can just use the full xpath and not have any wildcards, but I want to know if there's a way to do what I am proposing using xpath. I thought maybe contains() in some way would work but am not familiar enough with it.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 163

Answers (1)

BoltClock
BoltClock

Reputation: 723598

To find the a element wherever it may appear within the div element, the descendant path is represented simply by //:

//div[@id="second-id"]//a[text="London"]

Upvotes: 2

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