python selenium cant iterate through elements

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Trying to iterate though a list of elements by the index of a class. Each attempt the index doesnt increase. Adding quotes around %s produces an invalid syntax error.

 lengeItem = len(driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//td[@class="baobab"]'))
 i=1
 for i in range(lengeItem):
        Domaino = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//td[@class='baobab']['%s']/p/a" % i).text
        print (Domaino)


        print (Domaino)

Just a note, setting i equal to 1 right before the iteration does nothing. And that particular iteration, the way you have it set will begin at zero. — double_j
– double_j, Commented Dec 23, 2016 at 5:44

rafalf · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-23 07:16:36Z

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i is an integer, you need to use %d, not %s and don't wrap it in quotes, this should work: [%d]

 els = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//td[@class="baobab"]')
 for i, el in enumerate(els):
        print driver.find_element_by_xpath("//td[@class='baobab'][%d]/p/a" % (i + 1)).text

edited Dec 23, 2016 at 7:16

answered Dec 23, 2016 at 6:50

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ipinak · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-23 08:03:29Z

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Answer: find_element_by_xpath("//td[@class='baobab'][%s]/p/a" % i).text

If i is 1, then %s is '1'. Since you are trying index using string td[@class='baobab']['1'] which throws error. It should be td[@class='baobab'][1]

edited Dec 23, 2016 at 8:03

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answered Dec 23, 2016 at 6:22

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