CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaseleniumxpath
SURYA
SURYA

Reputation: 13

I need to find an element that contains a particular text. How can I make the text a variable and pass it to the xpath function?

      ```
    if(title.equalsIgnoreCase("Mr"))
        {
         driv.mr.click();
        }
        else if(title.equalsIgnoreCase("Mrs"))

        {
         driv.mrs.click();
        }
       else
        {
         driv.miss.click();
        }

      ```

#object.java#

  @FindBy(how = How.XPATH, using = "//label[text()='Mr']" )
   public WebElement mr;
   @FindBy(how = How.XPATH, using = "//label[text()='Mrs']" )
   public WebElement mrs;
   @FindBy(how = How.XPATH, using = "//label[text()='Miss']" )
   public WebElement miss;

Here instead of passing 3 paths, I need to pass single XPath.Is there any way to do that???

Upvotes: 1

Views: 480

Answers (3)

PreciseMotion
PreciseMotion

Reputation: 340

Just use String.format()

So you want something like this:

String selector = "//label[text()='%s']";

Then you could just do WebElement mr = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(String.format(selector, "Mr")));

format will automatically take the content of the second argument, and put it in place of the %s.

Upvotes: 0

NarendraR
NarendraR

Reputation: 7708

Use | in xpath to perform OR operation e.g.

@FindBy(how = How.XPATH, using = "//label[text()='Mr'] | //label[text()='Mrs'] | //label[text()='Miss']" )
public WebElement prefix;

This will return your element if any condition satisfy out of 3.

Upvotes: 0

Norayr Sargsyan
Norayr Sargsyan

Reputation: 1868

You can create shuch kind of method, and pass argument text to click on the needed element

public void clickOnButton(String text){
       WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[text() = '"+text+"']")); 
       button.click();
      }

Upvotes: 1

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