Xpath 包含正则表达式模式

Question

def xpath ="//span[contains(text(),'0')]"

with the above XPath, the text contains only numbers and this is dynamic. is it possible to apply the regex pattern in the above Xpath?

regEx pattern: ^[0-9]

def myXpath = //span[contains(text(),'^[0-9]')]'
testObject.addProperty('xpath',ConditionType.EQUALS,myXpath)
def action = WebUI.getText(testObject)

I'm getting the below error

Web element with id: 'objectName' located by '//span[contains(text(),'^[0-9]')]' not found (Root cause: com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: com.kms.katalon.core.webui.exception.WebElementNotFoundException: Web element with id: 'objectName' located by '//span[contains(text(),'^[0-9]')]' not found

Let me know how can I apply the regex pattern in XPath?

Answer 1

Selenium unfortunately only supports the very old XPath 1.0 standard, which has no support for regular expressions. Regular expression support came with XPath 2.0 but Selenium has yet to upgrade.

It's sometimes possible to devise workarounds using translate() , for example translate(x, '0123456789', '')=x is true if x contains no digits. (But I'm not sure what condition you're actually trying to test for, since you haven't stated the precise requirement, you've only shown us code that doesn't work.)

Answer 2

If you want to select element with number as text you can use workaround

//span[number(.) >= 0]