How do I check for text inside a <div>?

Question

I am trying to access some text that is located in a DIV.
I need to check to see if the page holds the text so I can return a true or false.
The code I am using is below:

cancel = browser.text.include?("Current Cancelled")
if cancel == true
puts "Line item cancelled"
else
puts "****Line item not cancelled****"
end

But it returns false every time.
Here is a code snippet of what I am looking into:

Answer 1

The probable reason this isn't working is because the string you're testing for contains a newline character and a non breaking space.

This could work...

if browser.div(:text, /Current.*Cancelled/).exists?
  puts "Line item cancelled"
else
  puts "****Line item not cancelled****"
end

or

if browser.text =~ /Current.*Cancelled/
  puts "Line item cancelled"
else
  puts "****Line item not cancelled****"
end

etc.