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Matthew Lee
Matthew Lee

Reputation: 77

How to embed variable in xpath

I'm trying to embed a variable into an xpath expression. This is very straight-forward, but for some reason, it is not working for me.

The following code below works great but I want to make the string Feb a variable so I can pass through Jan, Mar, etc. 

reverse_month_select = browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//div[@class='datepicker-months']/table/tbody/tr/td/span[contains(@class, 'month') and text() = 'Feb']")[0]

For some reason, this code fails as I receive an IndexError:

list index out of range month_select = "Jan"

reverse_month_select = browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//div[@class='datepicker-months']/table/tbody/tr/td/span[contains(@class, 'month') and text() = " + month_select + "]")[0]

Upvotes: 2

Views: 933

Answers (1)

Jack Fleeting
Jack Fleeting

Reputation: 24930

I'm still now sure what exactly went wrong, but try feeding the months to the xpath expression using f-strings and let me know if it works:

cal = ['Jan','Feb','March']  #etc.

for month in cal:
    expression = f"//div[@class='datepicker-months']/table/tbody/tr/td/span[contains(@class, 'month') and text() = '{month}']"

And then change your definition to:

reverse_month_select = browser.find_elements_by_xpath(expression)[0]

Upvotes: 1

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