我无法使用XPATH找到与子元素完全匹配的对象

Question

My requirement is to send a string into the webdriver and match the string with the label for the radio button.

<input type="radio" onclick="Element.show('indicator_radio_term_190');render_selected_term('190','1','275467','AQCB Number')" value="190" name="radio_190"/>
<input type="radio" onclick="Element.show('indicator_radio_term_179');render_selected_term('179','1','275467','AQCB Number (iLink)')" value="179" name="radio_179"/>

The above is the structure of two radio buttons with names " AQCB Number " and " AQCB Number (iLink) ". So when I hand over the string "AQCB Number" I then want to find the Radio Button with that exact same text.

When i use //input[contains(@onclick,'AQCB Number')] to fetch the xpath with the label, i get both the results which is throwing an exception. Is there a way where i can find an exact match and still use contains? " AQCB Number " and " AQCB Number (iLink) " are the labels of the radio button.

Answer 1

Include the single quote too:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[contains(@onclick, \"'AQCB Number'\")]"));

or

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[contains(@onclick, '\'AQCB Number\'')]"));

Answer 2

Regarding your question is not specifically about how to distinguish your AQCB-entries but how you can match the exact child you want

I suggest using the value or name attribute to get the match in a more readable way :

first by name :

driver.findElement(By.name("radio_190"));

or by value :

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@value = '190']"));

UPDATE

After clarification from the OP, what his actual requirement is, then the solution of @peetya is of course correct:

You just need to also use the quotation marks which are found in the js code of the onclick event:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[contains(@onclick, '\'AQCB Number\'')]"));

To go further, if you are handing over a String "radioButtonName" you should do something like this then:

String searchString = "'" + radioButtonName + "'";

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[contains(@onclick, '" + searchString + "')]"));