Instead of writing 10+ IF statements, I'm trying to create one IF statement using a variable. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with how to implement string concatenation for xpath using python. Can anyone teach me how to perform string formatting for the following code segments?
I would greatly appreciate it, thanks.
if page_number == 1:
next_link = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@title="Go to page 2"]')
next_link.click()
page_number = page_number + 1
time.sleep(30)
elif page_number == 2:
next_link = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@title="Go to page 3"]')
next_link.click()
page_number = page_number + 1
time.sleep(30)
You can use a for-loop
Ex:
for i in range(1, 10):
next_link = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@title="Go to page {0}"]'.format(str(i+1))) #using str.format for page number
next_link.click()
time.sleep(30)