If you truly want the first link on the page with text A0823274 you can use
this expression
//a[text()='A0823274']
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Jonathan Rosenberg
Founder & Executive Director, Tabby's Place
http://www.tabbysplace.org/
From: sriharini sriharini [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:22 PM
To: Jonathan Rosenberg
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Webtest] figuring out the xpath
i think i got the xpath
xpath="(//td[3]//a|//td[4]//a...@href][string()='A0823274'])[1]"
it click the first <a> associated with the string A0823274.
Please let me know if there is a shorter or easier version.
Regards,
Srini
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:04 PM, sriharini sriharini <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi Jonathan,
A12345678 is a fixed string, i want click on the number associated with that
string, in this case it is 3140010.
I want to select the first <a> with has the A12345678.
Regards,
Srini
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Jonathan Rosenberg <[email protected]>
wrote:
Srini,
I'm not sure what you're looking for here. Are '3140010' & 'A12345678'
fixed strings? Or are you trying to select the first <a> that has specific
text? Something else?
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Jonathan Rosenberg
Founder & Executive Director, Tabby's Place
http://www.tabbysplace.org/
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of sriharini sriharini
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Webtest] figuring out the xpath
Hi All,
Can you please help me in getting the xpath.
i want to click the link 3140010 if it is A12345678.
below is the html code for 1 row.
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<tr>
<td>
09/02/2010
</td>
<td>
Transaction
</td>
<td>
<a
href="/test/back/process.do?processId=3140010&AccountId=1234">3140010</a
>
</td>
<td>
<a
href="/test/front/overview.do?CI=true&AccountId=1234">A12345678</a>
</td>
<td>
The Test Account
</td>
<td>
Draft
</td>
</tr>
Thanks for the help.
Regards,
Srini
