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Using xpath containing whitespace

List <WebElement> tableSituacao = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"tabela\"]/tbody/tr/td[5][contains(text(),"+situacao+")]"));

how to use normalize-space in my case? "situacao" has white spaces

Solution

  • There's no need to handle this with XPath. You can just .trim() the string.

    List <WebElement> tableSituacao = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[@id='tabela']/tbody/tr/td[5][contains(text(),'" + situacao.trim() + "')]"));

    I would also use ' inside the XPath instead of escaping the double quotes \". I think it makes it easier to read.