Actually, I have an xpath that is stored in a variable that has multiple matching xpaths. I want to store that xpath in a variable and iterate through each element using a for loop and do some code on every element one by one. How can I do that?
Currently i have xpath as
xpath= div[@class=‘lcp’]/div[${row_index}/child::div[@class=‘row’][${col_index}]/div[1]/div/div
I want to store this xpath in a variable like
${xpath}= div[@class=‘lcp’]/div[${row_index}/child::div[@class=‘row’][${col_index}]/div[1]/div/div
and then use For loop to iterate through each element how can I do that OR any other way to store xpath in a variable to use them like
${xpath_variable}[${row_index}/${xpath_variable2}[${col_index}]/${xpath_variable3}
Currently Im using it as
FOR ${row_index} IN RANGE 1 ${Count}+1
FOR ${col_index} IN RANGE 1 ${subCount}+1
${text}= Get Text xpath= div[@class='lcp']/div[${row_index}/child::div[@class='row'][${col_index}]/div[1]/div/div
END
END
Any suggestions How can I do that in robot framework
I’ve done something like this before and it worked well for me:
${xpprefix}= Set Variable div[@class='lcp']/div[${row_index}/child::div[@class='row']
FOR ${row_index} IN RANGE 1 ${Count}+1
FOR ${col_index} IN RANGE 1 ${subCount}+1
${text}= Get Text xpath= ${xpprefix}[${col_index}]/div[1]/div/div
END
END
You can adapt it as you need, e.g. with an ${xpsuffix}
${xpath}= //div[text()='Work Type']/../../div/div/button[@disabled]
${elements}= Get WebElements ${xpath}
FOR ${row_index} IN RANGE 1 ${elements.__len__()}+1
${updated_xpath}= Set Variable ${xpath}[${row_index}]
Log ${updated_xpath}
${text}= Get Text ${updated_xpath}
END
Afer Set Variable it shows Log output of ${updated_xpath} as P instead of //div[text()=‘Work Type’]/…/…/div/div/button[@disabled][1]
I dont know why this is happening also i want to store the xpath in variable and for that I have diffrent objs file and in main code i want only variables to be used how can I do that any suggestions?
But when I used
FOR ${row_index} IN RANGE 1 ${elements.len()}+1
${updated_xpath}= Get Text ${xpath}[${row_index}]
Log ${updated_xpath}
END
It shows error as element with locator p not found it should be like//div[text()=‘Work Type’]/…/…/div/div/button[@disabled][1] #index position
any other best way to do that so that the code will also look good
or can we store xpath in objs files and call them directly in robot file
Now I’m finished work for the day had a bit of time to try it out, I took other libraries out of the equation and did a simple Robot Framework only test like this:
*** Variables ***
${xpath}= //div[text()='Work Type']/../../div/div/button[@disabled]
*** Test Cases ***
Machindras xpath
FOR ${row_index} IN RANGE 1 3+1
${updated_xpath}= Set Variable ${xpath}[${row_index}]
Log ${updated_xpath}
END
When I saw that it was immediately obvious what was happening, in python when you place square brackets after a string variable with a number inside the result is that character is returned (see Slicing Strings), so all you need to do is escape open the open square bracket like this:
*** Variables ***
${xpath}= //div[text()='Work Type']/../../div/div/button[@disabled]
*** Test Cases ***
Machindras xpath
FOR ${row_index} IN RANGE 1 3+1
${updated_xpath}= Set Variable ${xpath}\[${row_index}]
Log ${updated_xpath}
END
Example Test Case
${xpprefix}= Set Variable div[@class=‘lcp’]/div[${row_index}/child::div[@class=‘row’]
FOR ${row_index} IN RANGE 1 ${Count}+1
FOR ${col_index} IN RANGE 1 ${subCount}+1
${text}= Get Text xpath= ${xpprefix}[${col_index}]/div[1]/div/div
END
END
For this Itries to store ${xpprefix}= div[@class=‘lcp’]/div[${row_index}/child::div[@class=‘row’]
in objs file but text after [${row_index} is not recognised can you tell me for this type of xpath how can I do ?
Again escape the open square brackets, but also don’t forget to close them (after ${row_index}):
You had this:
${xpprefix}= Set Variable div[@class=‘lcp’]/div[${row_index}/child::div[@class=‘row’]
try it like this:
${xpprefix}= Set Variable div[@class=‘lcp’]/div\[${row_index}]/child::div[@class=‘row’]
But also I’m not sure if that will work as you expect as the contents of ${row_index} is uncertain at the time of Set Variable
So for a bit more certainty, it might be better to try it like this:
${xpthpre}= Set Variable div[@class=‘lcp’]/div
FOR ${row_index} IN RANGE 1 ${Count}+1
${xpthrow}= Set Variable ${xpthpre}\[${row_index}]/child::div[@class=‘row’]
FOR ${col_index} IN RANGE 1 ${subCount}+1
${text}= Get Text xpath=${xpthrow}\[${col_index}]/div\[1]/div/div
END
END
(watch out for the div[1]/div/div It might trip you up the same way → div\[1]/div/div)
Also a tip, when you put your code in the forum, use the triple back ticks (```) to prevent your spacing getting messed up like this:
Thanks for the efforts @damies13 this one is also working but I dont want any xpath on my main robot code file instead of xpath there should be only variables like
${xpprefix}= Set Variable div[@class='lcp']/div\[${row_index}/child::div[@class='row']
FOR ${row_index} IN RANGE 1 ${Count}+1
FOR ${col_index} IN RANGE 1 ${subCount}+1
${text}= Get Text xpath= ${xpprefix}\[${col_index}]/div[1]/div/div
END
END
in the above code we can see the xpath in the code instead of this I want to store xpath in OBJS.robot file and use only variables here like
${xpath}= Set Variable ${xpprefix}\[${col_index}]\${xpath2}
${xpath2}= Get Text ${xpath}
Can we do this in robot framework OR we just have to use as above answer?
Though you should probably name ${xpath2} as something like ${value} or ${test} so you don’t get confused in future, as Get Text doesn’t return an xpath but rather the the text that the xpath resolves.
