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kirk douglas
kirk douglas

Reputation: 587

How to find xpath element partially using selenium with java?

I'm trying to select partially an element with xpath in my selenium code.
My xpath is 

//iron-pages[@id='pages']//span[.='s8718216']

what I want is to select any element starting with s, the element just after span.

I tried this: 

//iron-pages[starts-with(span[.='s'])

It doesn't work for me.

Can someone help me.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 69

Answers (2)

Fenio
Fenio

Reputation: 3625

I think this xpath should work //iron-pages[starts-with(text(),'s')]

Or second try:

//iron-pages[starts-with(.,'s')] <- . instead of text() checks element for more properties. Not only text.

There are many properties that might contain text like innerText, innerHTML etc.

EDIT: I just read your question again. You want to select element right after span so:

//iron-pages[@id='pages']//span[starts-with(text(),'s')] <- it will select span elements starting with text s.

If you want child elements you can use

//iron-pages[@id='pages']//span//*[starts-with(text(),'s')]

Upvotes: 1

Mahmud Riad
Mahmud Riad

Reputation: 1165

Your xpath should be

//iron-pages[starts-with(span[.='s'])//following-sibling::i[1]

it will get the next element that start with span with text s

Upvotes: 1

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