how to write xpath for parameterised variable











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I have to write an xpath for the below xml snippet:



<div class="flex-item flex-container-horizontal flex-align-center sf-element sf-element-page-tab sfpc-even" title="S1M0D barchart" tabindex="1">

<span class="sf-element sf-element-text-box sfpc-first sfpc-last sfpc-odd">S1M0D barchart</span>

</div>


In the xpath, I have to add a variable tabName which shall replace the title in the xpath:



tabName = S1M0D barchart

//span[contains(text(),"tabName"]

which is nothing but //span[contains(text(),"S1M0D barchart")]


I am not sure how to write the xpath since the double quotes (") is treating the variable tabName as a string and is not getting replaced during execution.






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  • Selenium doesn't support XPath 2.0. You should use programming language features to pass your variable value to XPath expression
    – Andersson
    Nov 22 at 8:36










  • String xpath = "//span[contains(text(),""+tabName+""]" & then use this xpath wherever you want to use . (for-ex driver.findElement(By.xpath(xpath));)
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    Nov 22 at 8:48

















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I have to write an xpath for the below xml snippet:



<div class="flex-item flex-container-horizontal flex-align-center sf-element sf-element-page-tab sfpc-even" title="S1M0D barchart" tabindex="1">

<span class="sf-element sf-element-text-box sfpc-first sfpc-last sfpc-odd">S1M0D barchart</span>

</div>


In the xpath, I have to add a variable tabName which shall replace the title in the xpath:



tabName = S1M0D barchart

//span[contains(text(),"tabName"]

which is nothing but //span[contains(text(),"S1M0D barchart")]


I am not sure how to write the xpath since the double quotes (") is treating the variable tabName as a string and is not getting replaced during execution.






selenium selenium-webdriver xpath xpath-2.0 domxpath







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  • Selenium doesn't support XPath 2.0. You should use programming language features to pass your variable value to XPath expression
    – Andersson
    Nov 22 at 8:36










  • String xpath = "//span[contains(text(),""+tabName+""]" & then use this xpath wherever you want to use . (for-ex driver.findElement(By.xpath(xpath));)
    – sjethvani
    Nov 22 at 8:48















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I have to write an xpath for the below xml snippet:



<div class="flex-item flex-container-horizontal flex-align-center sf-element sf-element-page-tab sfpc-even" title="S1M0D barchart" tabindex="1">

<span class="sf-element sf-element-text-box sfpc-first sfpc-last sfpc-odd">S1M0D barchart</span>

</div>


In the xpath, I have to add a variable tabName which shall replace the title in the xpath:



tabName = S1M0D barchart

//span[contains(text(),"tabName"]

which is nothing but //span[contains(text(),"S1M0D barchart")]


I am not sure how to write the xpath since the double quotes (") is treating the variable tabName as a string and is not getting replaced during execution.






selenium selenium-webdriver xpath xpath-2.0 domxpath







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I have to write an xpath for the below xml snippet:



<div class="flex-item flex-container-horizontal flex-align-center sf-element sf-element-page-tab sfpc-even" title="S1M0D barchart" tabindex="1">

<span class="sf-element sf-element-text-box sfpc-first sfpc-last sfpc-odd">S1M0D barchart</span>

</div>


In the xpath, I have to add a variable tabName which shall replace the title in the xpath:



tabName = S1M0D barchart

//span[contains(text(),"tabName"]

which is nothing but //span[contains(text(),"S1M0D barchart")]


I am not sure how to write the xpath since the double quotes (") is treating the variable tabName as a string and is not getting replaced during execution.






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  • Selenium doesn't support XPath 2.0. You should use programming language features to pass your variable value to XPath expression
    – Andersson
    Nov 22 at 8:36










  • String xpath = "//span[contains(text(),""+tabName+""]" & then use this xpath wherever you want to use . (for-ex driver.findElement(By.xpath(xpath));)
    – sjethvani
    Nov 22 at 8:48




















  • Selenium doesn't support XPath 2.0. You should use programming language features to pass your variable value to XPath expression
    – Andersson
    Nov 22 at 8:36










  • String xpath = "//span[contains(text(),""+tabName+""]" & then use this xpath wherever you want to use . (for-ex driver.findElement(By.xpath(xpath));)
    – sjethvani
    Nov 22 at 8:48


















Selenium doesn't support XPath 2.0. You should use programming language features to pass your variable value to XPath expression
– Andersson
Nov 22 at 8:36




Selenium doesn't support XPath 2.0. You should use programming language features to pass your variable value to XPath expression
– Andersson
Nov 22 at 8:36












String xpath = "//span[contains(text(),""+tabName+""]" & then use this xpath wherever you want to use . (for-ex driver.findElement(By.xpath(xpath));)
– sjethvani
Nov 22 at 8:48






String xpath = "//span[contains(text(),""+tabName+""]" & then use this xpath wherever you want to use . (for-ex driver.findElement(By.xpath(xpath));)
– sjethvani
Nov 22 at 8:48














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You can use String.format, you need to wrap the variable in single quotes



String tabName = "S1M0D barchart";

String.format("//span[contains(text(),'%s')]", tabName);





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    We can write the xpath like "//span[contains(text(),"" + tabName + "")]"






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      You can use String.format, you need to wrap the variable in single quotes



      String tabName = "S1M0D barchart";
      
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        You can use String.format, you need to wrap the variable in single quotes



        String tabName = "S1M0D barchart";
        
String.format("//span[contains(text(),'%s')]", tabName);





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          You can use String.format, you need to wrap the variable in single quotes



          String tabName = "S1M0D barchart";
          
String.format("//span[contains(text(),'%s')]", tabName);





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          You can use String.format, you need to wrap the variable in single quotes



          String tabName = "S1M0D barchart";
          
String.format("//span[contains(text(),'%s')]", tabName);






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              We can write the xpath like "//span[contains(text(),"" + tabName + "")]"






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