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How to search node by exact match text using Xpath in webdriver

I need a little help finding exact text using xpath in webDriver.

Suppose I have html as follows.

<html><body> <table> <tr> <td><button>abcd</button></td> <td><button>abc</button></td> </tr> </table> </body></html>

Now I want to click the "abc" button

I used xpath as //button[contains(text(),'abc')] , but it always acts on the "abcd" button, since it also contains the text "abc". In this regard, I need a predicate or some other procedure that can search for exact text instead of text.

I also tried using //button[matches(text(),'abc')] , //button[matches($string,'abc')] , //button[Text='abc')] , //button[.='abc')] and many others, but none of them was designed to identify the "abc" button.

I do not know if there are any problems regarding my version of xpath, since I do not know about the version. But I am using java 1.6 JDK.

Although my exact scenario is not an example, similar logic should be applied.

Therefore, any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

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I would use the following xpath //button[text()='abc'] . You mentioned the text() function, but I'm not sure if the syntax is correct. Also you tried to use contains() - it searches for partial text, and WebDriver gets the first element found. In your case, this is the <button>abcd</button>

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 //button[.="abc"]

The dot before the equality operator will compare the text. Another example is /PROJECT[.="MyProject"] from the Java xPath Tutorial .

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Try with ends — instead of them. If buttons do not have unique attributes, you can also add a parent hierarchy. Like // table / tr / td [1].

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To find the element 'abcd', you can simply use:

 //button[contains(text(),'abcd')]

To find 'abc', use the normalize-space () function, which will clear your text for comparison.

 //button[normalize-space(text())='abc']
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For an exact search:

 button[text()='abc']

To search by template:

 button[starts-with(.,'abc')]
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/957161/

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