How do I select a radio button in java selenium webdriver that has an appended dynamic id. I don't have the ability to determine before hand the number that is appended. So I need a way to select via partially matching text while ignoring that last number.
id=edit-emergency-notification-status-existing-message-7
!"7" is generated with each new item created in this screen 1
Get it by xpath with the help of starts-with():
//*[starts-with(@id, "edit-emergency-notification-status-existing-message-")]
org.openqa.selenium.InvalidSelectorException: The given selector [starts-with(@id, "edit-emergency-notification-status-existing-message-")] is either invalid or does not result in a WebElement. The following error occurred: InvalidSelectorError: Unable to locate an element with the xpath expression [starts-with(@id, "edit-emergency-notification-status-existing-message-")] because of the following error: SyntaxError: The expression is not a legal expression.
private By alertRadioButton = By.xpath("[starts-with(@id, \"edit-emergency-notification-status-existing-message-\")]");//* part at the beginning?Try CSS selector and use starts with wild character (^)
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[id^='edit-emergency-notification-status-existing-message']"));
