Specifying multiple conditions in xpath

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I want to select all the tags with <td class='blob-code blob-code-addition'> and <td class='blob-code blob-code-deletion'> . So I am trying to include or condition here between the two predicates. It does not work. However, if I include only one of the two classes it works . What is the problem here? Something is wrong with the syntax.

By getChanges = By.xpath("//td[@class='blob-code blob-code-addition'] or  //td[@class='blob-code blob-code-deletion']");

Saifur · Answer 1 · 2015-02-15T18:50:49.470

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You want to specify that like the following:

//td[contains(@class,'deletion') or contains(@class,'addition')]

or

//td[contains(@class,'blob-code blob-code-addition') or contains(@class,'blob-code blob-code-deletion')]

If you want to do a tag independent search then you can simply use

//*[contains(@class,'blob-code blob-code-addition') or contains(@class,'blob-code blob-code-deletion')]

From your answer it looks like you are trying to concatenate two different xpaths

However, contians() is not mandatory here. You also can do without this

//*[(@class='blob-code blob-code-addition') or (@class='blob-code blob-code-deletion')]

edited Feb 15 '15 at 18:50

answered Feb 15 '15 at 18:38

Saifur

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So we cannot use "or" directly? It has to go with contains? – Zack Feb 15 '15 at 18:44
@Zack you can but not starting with `//`. I am using `or` as well. Please see my edit. – Saifur Feb 15 '15 at 18:45
Yes. But in all the three solutions you have used "contains". It worked. I was just curious why it did not work without contains. – Zack Feb 15 '15 at 18:46

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '20 at 04:34

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what works for me is below expression using "|" character inside my expression-

By element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[@clas='xyz'] | //button[@clas='abc']"))

I used above expression for JAVA + Selenium + Maven project

answered Feb 06 '20 at 04:34

Mike ASP

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 22 '18 at 09:19

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using pom: @FindBy(xpath ="//span[contains(@class,'vui-menuitem-label-text') and normalize-space(.) = 'Clone']")

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answered Mar 22 '18 at 09:03

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 03 '21 at 22:41

To select all the tags with:

<td class="blob-code blob-code-addition">
<td class="blob-code blob-code-deletion">

You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using xpath through class attribute with or clause:

//td[@class='blob-code blob-code-addition' or @class='blob-code blob-code-deletion']

Using xpath through single class attribute with or clause:

//td[contains(@class,'blob-code-addition') or contains(@class,'blob-code-deletion')]

Using xpath through partial class attribute with or clause:

//td[contains(@class,'addition') or contains(@class,'deletion')]

Specifying multiple conditions in xpath

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