Using Java, how can I verify text within an element, that contains breaks?

Question

I have an element that contains text with breaks. Using Java, how can I verify that the element's text is what I'm expecting?

I am using the below code, but it always fails. The report that gets printed shows the actual and expected text values to be the same, so I don't know why it fails.

<span id="ctl00_cphMainContent_lblWelcomeText">
Dear Tester, 
<br>
<br>
Line 1
<br>
<br>
Line 2
<br>
<br>
Line 3
<br>
<br>
Line 4

and my java:

public static final String PAGETEXT = "css=ctl00_cphMainContent_lblWelcomeText";

protected void verifyText(PAGETEXT, "Dear Tester,\r\n\r\nLine 1\r\n\r\nLine 2\r\n\r\nLine 3\r\n\r\nLine 4"){
        //verify that the expected text is present
        String actualtext = driver.getSingleElement(PAGETEXT).getText();
        Assert.assertEquals(actualtext, expectedtext);

At least put some effort in formatting your code and thoroughly describe your problem (code, output, expected output, etc) if you expect an answer... — Josh M, Dec 18 '13 at 21:26
Have you printed the text you actually get to the console and compared to what you compare it with? `
` and `\n` or `\r\n` might not convert as you expected. — zapl, Dec 18 '13 at 21:31
When you want others' help and people are trying to help you at least you can pay some attention to them. Even if you solved your problem yourself it would be decent to notify here. — AbhinavRanjan, Dec 20 '13 at 16:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '13 at 09:29

You can use something like this.

String expectedtext="Dear Tester, \n\nLine 1\n\nLine 2\n\nLine 3\n\nLine 4";

public void verifyText(){
  String actualtext = driver.getSingleElement(PAGETEXT).getText();
  Assert.assertEquals(actualtext, expectedtext);
}

basically keep your spaces as it is in the actual text. replace
with a \n

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '13 at 21:28

I'd honestly break this into seperate assertions.

verifyTextContains(PAGETEXT, "Dear Tester,");
verifyTextContains(PAGETEXT, "Line 1");
verifyTextContains(PAGETEXT, "Line 2");
verifyTextContains(PAGETEXT, "Line 3");
verifyTextContains(PAGETEXT, "Line 4");

This is of course, assuming that your Acceptance Criteria does not include "make sure that breaks appear between these lines"

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Split to lines (Split Java String by New Line)
Assert lines count is equal
Assert every line equality

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Dec 18 '13 at 21:27

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