xpath search for divs where the id contains specific text

Question

On my HTML page I have forty divs but I only want one div.

Using agility pack to search and get all the divs with Ids I use this XPath:

"//div[@id]"

But how do I search for divs with Ids where the id contains the text "test" like so:

<div id="outerdivtest1></div>"

choroba · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-06T16:38:19.650

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Use the contains function:

//div[contains(@id,'test')]

edited Oct 06 '13 at 16:38

answered Aug 29 '12 at 11:23

choroba

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 11:24

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I've used this with for the CSS class:

//div[@class = 'atom']

I assume it's similar with id's.

answered Aug 29 '12 at 11:24

Remy

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 19 '16 at 07:43

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You can use the xpath

//div[@contains(@id,'test')]

If you want to use the first occurrence, it works fine but if it's not the first occurrence you have to go with different xpath specific to the particular element.

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ekad

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answered Sep 19 '16 at 07:26

sandeep kumar chittanuri

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If you wanted the second occurrence of that element, the following xpath would work: `(//div[@contains(@id,'test')])[2]` – Rick Johnson Jun 13 '17 at 21:32
`@contains` does not have the `@` – Hyperion Apr 05 '22 at 18:16

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 26 '22 at 19:49

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For example if you want first selection "id" is like that (//[@id="numberIdentify"])//following:://a[contains(text(),'V ')]

answered Sep 26 '22 at 19:49

Roland Martinez

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xpath search for divs where the id contains specific text

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