How to store xpath in a variable and then use for loop to iterate through each element in robot framework

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Hi Machindra,

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

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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

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Hopefully that solves your issue,

Dave.