Get and print out the element using xpath

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<table id="versionId" class="displayTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" rules="groups" style="width:100%;border-right:1px solid #DFDFDF;border-left:1px solid #DFDFDF;">
<caption class="displayCaption">
<thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="rowOdd">
<td style="width:1%">
<td style="width:15%;">
<span class="font">1</span>
</td>
<td style="width:12%">
<td style="width:10%">
<td style="width:10%">
<td style="width:13%">
<td style="width:18%">
=======

any way i can get that 1 and print out?

i tried out this .//*[@id='versionId']/tbody/tr/td[2]/span/text():

System.out.println(driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='versionId']/tbody/tr/td[2]/span/text()")));

it return me with error:

The given selector .//[@id='versionId']/tbody/tr/td[2]/span/text() is either invalid or does not result in a WebElement. The following error occurred: InvalidSelectorError: The result of the xpath expression ".//[@id='versionId']/tbody/tr/td[2]/span/text()" is: [object XrayWrapper [object Text]]. It should be an element.

HELP D:

Maybe you should remove dot "." before //*

Givi
– Givi

2013-12-04 10:04:18 +00:00
Commented Dec 4, 2013 at 10:04 — Givi
– Givi, Commented Dec 4, 2013 at 10:04

ievche · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-04 10:23:25Z

4

In your xpath you are getting the text, not the element. To find the element you can use the following xpath: //span[@class='font']

If you need to print out the text then the code should be following:

System.out.println(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[@class='font']")).getText())

edited Dec 4, 2013 at 10:23

answered Dec 4, 2013 at 10:12

ievche

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sssheng Over a year ago

Thanks you for the help! this is the one im looking for!

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