text() is a selector that matches all of the text nodes that are children of the context node -- it returns a node set. contains is a function that operates on a string. If it is passed a node set, …

This is wrong because contains(x,y) expects x to be a string, and the XPath rule for converting multiple elements to a string is this: A node-set is converted to a string by returning the string …

Jan 17, 2017 · Also, iterating through all the elements on the page seems to be really slow, at least using the Chrome webdriver. Ideas? I asked (and answered) a more specific version …

28 Be aware that bobince's answer might be overly complicated if you can assume that the class name you are interested in is not a substring of another possible class name. If this is true, you …

Sep 23, 2016 · How to use XPath contains () for specific text? Asked 9 years, 1 month ago Modified 3 years, 5 months ago Viewed 39k times

I have simple xpath /products/product[contains(categorie,'Kinderwagens')] It works but now how do I filter on multiple categorie values like /products/product[contains(categorie,'Kinderwagens'...

Oct 9, 2015 · I tried to search for nodes containing text 'Yahoo' under '/doc/story/content', it returns 'content' node, but I need exact text node that contains 'Yahoo' or it's parent

Using XPath to find text values is tricky and this problem has too many moving parts. I have a webpage with a large table and a section in this table contains a list of users (assignees) that …

Jun 14, 2012 · The two XPath expressions will behave differently when a production has no category children, or more than one. It doesn't make any difference in practice as long as …

Nov 11, 1972 · I used xpath as //button[contains(text(),'abc')] but it is always performing on button "abcd" as it also contain the text "abc". In this regards I need a predicate or some other …