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Talen Kylon
Talen Kylon

Reputation: 1968

How to use a variable in XPath?

Not working:

Set checkbox = page.FindChildByXPath("//div[@class='dojoxGridContent']//div[@role='presentation']//div//table//tbody//td//img[@onclick='ChangeCheckbox('" + i + "');']")
Set checkbox = page.FindChildByXPath("//div[@class='dojoxGridContent']//div[@role='presentation']//div//table//tbody//td//img[@onclick='ChangeCheckbox(' + i + ');']")

Can't seem to get the syntax correct. checkbox is a Null object after that line is run.

The following works fine:

Set checkbox = page.FindChildByXPath("//div[@class='dojoxGridContent']//div[@role='presentation']//div//table//tbody//td//img[@onclick='ChangeCheckbox(1);']")

I want to be able to substitute the 1 with a variable i so that I can use different check boxes.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 115

Answers (1)

kjhughes
kjhughes

Reputation: 111620

You were wise to make it work with a constant as a sanity check. The rest is so much simpler after that success...

Your working example with a constant,

"blah blah blah CONSTANT blah blah blah"

becomes

"blah blah blah " + VARIABLE + " blah blah blah"

So, in your specific case:

Set checkbox = page.FindChildByXPath("//div[@class='dojoxGridContent']//div[@role='presentation']//div//table//tbody//td//img[@onclick='ChangeCheckbox(" + i + ");']")

Upvotes: 4

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