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cookmr86
cookmr86

Reputation: 55

Java Selenium - Find string text from multiple divs with same class name using xpath

i'm hoping you can help me.

I've been going through all sorts of forums and questions on here on how to cycle through multiple divs with the same class name using xpath queries. I'm fairly new to WebDriver and Java so I'm probably not asking the question properly.

I have a table where i'm trying to identify the values within and ensure they're correct. each field has the same class identifier, and i'm able to successfully pull back the first result and confirm via report logging using the following

String className1 = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//div[@class='table_class'])")).getText();
Reporter.log("=====Class Identified as "+className1+"=====", true);

However, when i then try and cycle through (I've seen multiple answers saying to add a [2] suffix to the xpath query) i'm getting a compile error:

String className2 = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//div[@class='table_class'])")[2]).getText();
Reporter.log("=====Class Identified as "+className2+"=====", true);

The above gives an error saying "The type of the expression must be an array type but it resolved to By"

I'm not 100% sure how to structure this in order to set up an array and then cycle through.

Whilst this is just verifying field labels for now, ultimately i need to use this approach to verify the subsequent data that is pulled through, and i'll have the same problem then

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4134

Answers (1)

NarendraR
NarendraR

Reputation: 7708

You are getting the error for -

String className2 = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//div[@class='table_class'])")[2]).getText();

because you are using index in wrong way modify it to -

String className2 = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//div[@class='table_class'])[2]")).getText();

or

String className2 = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//div[@class='table_class'][2])")).getText();

And the better way to do this is -

int index=1;
List <WebElement> allElement = driver.findElements(By.xpath("(//div[@class='table_class'])"));
for(WebElement element: allElement)
{
    String className = element.getText();
    Reporter.log("=====Class Identified as "+className+""+index+""+"=====", true);
    index++
}

Upvotes: 1

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