I'm trying to locate elements dynamically usign the xpath. However, when I use variable in the xpath, elements are NOT located. However, if I use hardcoded value, elements are located properly.

What am I missing here?

Below xpath locates the elements perfectly:

driver.findElements(By.xpath("//XCUIElementTypeStaticText[contains(@value, 'hp')]"));

whereas, below xpath doesn't locate the elements:

driver.findElements(By.xpath("//XCUIElementTypeStaticText[contains(@value, '" device "')]"));

Please note that , there are multiple elements matching the above xpath.

I even tried below code but of no use:

driver.findElements(By.XPath(String.Format("//XCUIElementTypeStaticText[contains(@value, '{0}')]", device)));

Any help would be appreciated.

CodePudding user response：

Try do debug this issue as following:
Define the XPath string before calling driver.findElements method, format the string to have the proper value and then pass it into Selenium method, as following:

String xpathLocator = "//XCUIElementTypeStaticText[contains(@value, '%s')]";
xpathLocator = String.format(xpathLocator, device);
driver.findElements(By.xpath(xpathLocator));

As about your existing code.
Here driver.findElements(By.xpath("//XCUIElementTypeStaticText[contains(@value, '" device "')]"));
I can't see the formatting action.
And here driver.FindElements(By.XPath(string.Format("//XCUIElementTypeStaticText[contains(@value, '{0}')]", device)));
it seems to be a wrong syntax.
It should be String.format while you wrote string.Format

CodePudding user response：

Try trimming the spaces as:

driver.findElements(By.xpath("//XCUIElementTypeStaticText[contains(@value, '" device "')]"));

Or using String.format() as:

String device = "hp";
driver.findElements(By.XPath(String.format("//XCUIElementTypeStaticText[contains(@value, '%s')]", device)));

Note:

1. Instead of FindElements() it should be findElements()
2. Instead of String.Format() it should be String.format()

CodePudding user response：

The issue was with the case mismatch in the value returned by variable. i.e; device variable was returning 'hP' instead of 'hp'.

Corrected the code and it works fine now.