How to find element using xpath

Question

So basicly I have this HTML code:

    <td class="google">
        <a href="#">I love my job
    </td>

and I want to search in the web if there is really a link "I love my job".

So I used this xpath to find that:

"//td[@class=google]//a[text()='I love my job']"

But it is not workink for me.

What should be the xpath code ?

Thanks in advance !!

What tool are you using to execute the XPath? Please detail how it isn't working. — Richard
– Richard, Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 9:52
I am sorry. I run this code xpath code and there was no element like this found — wantToLearn
– wantToLearn, Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 9:52

Tomalak · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 10:07:53Z

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That's because the text value of your link is not 'I love my job', but 'I love my job\n '.

Use normalize-space().

"//td[@class='google']//a[normalize-space(text())='I love my job']"

answered Dec 10, 2013 at 10:07

Tomalak

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