CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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programiss
programiss

Reputation: 255

Variable not working inside parenthesis

I have a list and I would like to use a random choice from that list.

subjects = ['Beauty', 'Fashion', 'Hair', 'Nails', 'Skincare & Makeup', 'News']
random_item = random.choice(subjects)
print(random_item)

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//select[@name='input_4']/option[@value='random_item']').click()

I am able to print a random choice but (random_item) is not working when used inside the driver.find_element_by_xpath command.

Am I doing something wrong or is there something I should add to it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 731

Answers (1)

user2555451
user2555451

Reputation:

You cannot have an identifier be adjacent to a string literal; that is invalid syntax.

If you want to insert values into a string literal, you can use str.format:

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//select[@name={}]/option[@value={}]'.format(input_4, random_item)).click()

Upvotes: 1

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