XPath locating element using text() not working

Question

<td>
 <a>SAMPLE</a>
 <div>
  <small>Phase:
         Planning >>
  <a>Performance</a>
  </small>
 </div>         
</td>

I'm trying to locate the element with "Phase: Planning >> Performance" text on the above but to no avail.

Tried using :

//*[text()[contains(normalize-space(.),'Phase: Planning >> Performance')]]

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

None of the currently existing other three answers will do exactly what you ask.

Here are some XPath expressions that will:

You can select the small elements whose normalized string value is Phase: Planning >> Performance via this XPath:
```
//small[normalize-space() = 'Phase: Planning >> Performance']
```
You can select all elements, regardless of name whose normalized string values equals the targeted string:
```
//*[normalize-space() = 'Phase: Planning >> Performance']
```
but this will select not only small but also div because both have a string value equal to Phase: Planning >> Performance.

You can select only the lowest element in the hierarchy, regardless of name whose normalized string values equals the targeted string:

//*[         normalize-space() = 'Phase: Planning >> Performance' and 
    not(.//*[normalize-space() = 'Phase: Planning >> Performance'])]

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '16 at 09:59

0

Try Below:-

//small[contains(.,'Phase:')]

Hope it will help you :)

answered Mar 03 '16 at 09:59

Shubham Jain

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 03 '16 at 10:23

0

<span>Planning &gt;&gt;</span>

try this code

answered Mar 03 '16 at 10:23

user25775

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 03 '16 at 11:04

The text Phase: Planning >> and Performance belongs to two different elements.

To locate Phase: Planning >> element you can use

//small[contains(text(),'Phase:')]

And to locate the Performance element

//a[contains(text(),'Performance')]

Note that that printing the first element will give you the text of both elements Phase: Planning >> Performance.

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