XPATH SELENIUM=Cannot add variable

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I am trying to add a variable to an xpath but to no avail

This works below for java assertTrue("Failed", verifyElementPresent("//*[@class='StdLJText' and contains(.,'2 Employees selected')]"));

but when I add a variable , like below it does not

String CountEmp1="2"; assertTrue("Failed", verifyElementPresent("//*[@class='StdLJText' and contains(.,CountEmp1+'Employees selected')]"));

I think you just need to add a space, otherwise the expected value will be 2Employees selected — andyb
– andyb, Commented Nov 19, 2012 at 10:48
If you could give an example of the markup and possible values by editing the question, that would really help. What I meant by my earlier comment was that you have a successful match with 2 Employees selected whereas you want to parameterise the number part so you need to add the space between the number and the Employees selected part like this CountEmp1+' Employees selected' (note the space before the E). You are using contains which will try to match the text exactly. — andyb
– andyb, Commented Nov 19, 2012 at 16:45

niharika_neo · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-19 12:19:40Z

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You need to put CountEmp1 as a string addition in the main verifyElePresent func i.e verifyElementPresent("//*[@class='StdLJText' and contains(.,"+CountEmp1+"Employees selected')]"));

Note the replacement of "+CountEmp1+" at contains(.,CountEmp1+'

With your xpath the verifyElementPresent method basically looks for //*[@class='StdLJText' and contains(.,CountEmp1+'Employees selected')] where countEmp1 is taken as string value and not something that needs to be concatenadated.

answered Nov 19, 2012 at 12:19

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user947265 Over a year ago

this found that it was a variable so thanks but still did not like it particular when concatenated with the string. I notice that the 'selected has no opening '. Could this be the problem

user947265 Over a year ago

cannot anyone help a little further with this please

niharika_neo Over a year ago

It might be the space that andyb is mentioning so it should be contains(.,"+CountEmp1+" Employees selected')]"..I didn't quite get the part of 'selected has no opening'

user947265 Over a year ago

Hi, I am trying to subistute a string value with a variable namely the value 2

user947265 Over a year ago

Here is the example assertTrue("Failed", verifyElementPresent("//*[@class='StdLJText' and contains(.,'2 Employees selected')]")); so I need to add a string variable to 2 for example String CountEmp=2;assertTrue("Failed", verifyElementPresent("//*[@class='StdLJText' and contains(.,"+CountEmp1+"Employees selected')]")); This worked below but not really happy with it assertTrue("Failed", verifyElementPresent("//*[@class='StdLJText' and contains(.,CountEmp)]")); assertTrue("Failed", verifyElementPresent("//*[@class='StdLJText' and contains(.,'Employees selected')]"));

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