Selenium: compare two arrays of string from checkbox

Question

So I am writing a test script in Selenium WebDriver in Java to compare 16 checkboxes text to the one in our database. We want to validate if its the same text. The xpath location for the checkbox label goes from //[@id='ctl00_ctl00_Content_ContentPlaceHolderMain_ctl00_EditControl_FouoExemptionCheckBox']/tbody/tr[1]/td/span/label"; to //[@id='ctl00_ctl00_Content_ContentPlaceHolderMain_ctl00_EditControl_FouoExemptionCheckBox']/tbody/tr[16]/td/span/label";

so only the tr['num here'] changes. I created a for loop from 1 - 16 and updated the tr[] boxes each time and then stores it in a string array. The problem is when it stores it in the string array, it starts at index 1 because the for loop starts at 1. So index 0 will be null. When I compare it to the array from my database, the first index (0) is the first string, so it will fail because it does not match. I don't know how I can solve this. I thought about using two for loops but it got worst. Here is my code.

// from 1 - 16
                for(int j = 1; j <= itemArrDB_FOIAExemptionOptions.length; j++) {
                    // getting each table row checkbox text and storing it in an array to compare
                    String xpathLocation = "//*[@id='ctl00_ctl00_Content_ContentPlaceHolderMain_ctl00_EditControl_FouoExemptionCheckBox']/tbody/tr["+j+"]/td/span/label";
                    expectedText = driver.findElement(By.xpath(xpathLocation)).getText().trim();
                    actualFOIAExemptions[j] = expectedText;
                    System.out.println("ADDED: " + actualFOIAExemptions[j]);

                }
                System.out.println("----------------------------------");
                System.out.println("itemArrDB_FOIAExemptionOptions = " + Arrays.toString(itemArrDB_FOIAExemptionOptions));
                System.out.println("actualFOIAExemptions = " + Arrays.toString(actualFOIAExemptions));
                System.out.println("----------------------------------");


                if(Arrays.equals(actualFOIAExemptions, itemArrDB_FOIAExemptionOptions)) {
                    System.out.println("matches the DB");
                    report.log(LogStatus.PASS, "matches the DB");
                }
                else {
                    System.out.println("DOES NOT match the DB");
                    report.log(LogStatus.FAIL, "s DOES NOT match the DB");
                }

Here is the output

temArrDB_FOIAExemptionOptions = [1. Some text here., 2. Some text here, ......]
actualFOIAExemptions  = [null, 1. Some text here., 2. Some text here, .....]

Subburaj · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-26 16:21:21Z

1

You can change the for loop condition and xpath alone as below

Changes:

 for(int j = 0; j < itemArrDB_FOIAExemptionOptions.length; j++) {

.

int xpathIndex=j+1;
String xpathLocation = "//*[@id='ctl00_ctl00_Content_ContentPlaceHolderMain_ctl00_EditControl_FouoExemptionCheckBox']/tbody/tr["+xpathIndex+"]/td/span/label";

Code:

for(int j = 0; j < itemArrDB_FOIAExemptionOptions.length; j++) {
                    // getting each table row checkbox text and storing it in an array to compare
                    int xpathIndex=j+1;
                    String xpathLocation = "//*[@id='ctl00_ctl00_Content_ContentPlaceHolderMain_ctl00_EditControl_FouoExemptionCheckBox']/tbody/tr["+xpathIndex+"]/td/span/label";
                    expectedText = driver.findElement(By.xpath(xpathLocation)).getText().trim();
                    actualFOIAExemptions[j] = expectedText;
                    System.out.println("ADDED: " + actualFOIAExemptions[j]);

                }
                System.out.println("----------------------------------");
                System.out.println("itemArrDB_FOIAExemptionOptions = " + Arrays.toString(itemArrDB_FOIAExemptionOptions));
                System.out.println("actualFOIAExemptions = " + Arrays.toString(actualFOIAExemptions));
                System.out.println("----------------------------------");


                if(Arrays.equals(actualFOIAExemptions, itemArrDB_FOIAExemptionOptions)) {
                    System.out.println("matches the DB");
                    report.log(LogStatus.PASS, "matches the DB");
                }
                else {
                    System.out.println("DOES NOT match the DB");
                    report.log(LogStatus.FAIL, "s DOES NOT match the DB");
                }

edited Jul 26, 2018 at 16:21

answered Jul 26, 2018 at 15:51

Subburaj

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bubbles2189 Over a year ago

When I made the changes and tested it out, xpath location started at 1, then jumped to 7, and failed.

Subburaj Over a year ago

Ooops. Actually , j should be increased by 1 for each iteration.I added the xpathIndex explicitly and modified the xpath. Please try with the updated one.

Subburaj Over a year ago

Glad to know that it helped.

Tracy Zhou · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-26 15:45:43Z

1

Replace

actualFOIAExemptions[j] = expectedText;

with

actualFOIAExemptions[j-1] = expectedText;

answered Jul 26, 2018 at 15:45

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