Selenium: How do I execute a function or Xpath expression in my test?

Question

Is there a way to execute some Xpath code in a Selenium test? I know that you can execute javascript, but I'm looking for a way to execute some Xpath code outside of just looking for an element on the page.

Does anyone come across this?

Answer 1

I believe the accepted answer is incorrect. I am currently studying Selenium WebDriver with Java, and I was directed to the next blog post to learn how to perform XPath functions in Selenium 2 to manage xpath variables. I believe that this is what you are looking for.

http://automationtricks.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-use-functions-in-xpath-in.html

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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//input[substring(@id, string-length(@id) - string-length('<idSuffix>') +1) = '<idSuffix>']

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Answer 5

1177 htmlutils.js 1.0.1 Selenium ( eval_xpath(), XPath):

    var result = xpathResult.iterateNext();

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    var iterable =
     xpathResult.resultType == xpathResult.ORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE ||
     xpathResult.resultType == xpathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE;

    if (iterable) {
     var result = xpathResult.iterateNext();
     while (result) {
         results.push(result);
         result = xpathResult.iterateNext();
     }
    } else if (xpathResult.resultType == xpathResult.NUMBER_TYPE) {
     results.push(inDocument.createTextNode(xpathResult.numberValue));
    }

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int count = Integer.parseInt(selenium.getText("xpath=count(//td) + 1"), 10);

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