how to get the xpath for this element

Question

I have this html element

<li>
   <em>Features</em><br>
   Full Options, Fully Auto, Fully Loaded, Power Locks, Power Steering, Airbag: Driver, Airbag: Passenger, Airbag: Side, Alarm, Power Windows, Rear Window Wiper, Anti-Lock Brakes, Power Seats, CD Changer, CD Player, A/C: Front, A/C: Rear, Navigation System,
</li>

I want to take the text inside the li.

Please note that I can reach the li but i don't know how to get the text inside it

I tried this:

.//ul/li[3]/text()

and this

.//ul/li[3]/br/text()

and this:

.//ul/li[3]/br[1]text()

but i got empty result.

Pranay Rana · Answer 1 · 2014-02-05T17:22:11.927

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try this to get text from li

.//ul/li[3][text()]

for tha you have to dolike this

.//ul/li[3][text()[0]] -- select first text node
.//ul/li[3][text()[1]] -- select second text node

edited Feb 05 '14 at 17:22

answered Feb 05 '14 at 16:54

Pranay Rana

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I got the whole test with the `em`, i don't want to extract the `em` – Marco Dinatsoli Feb 05 '14 at 16:59
@MarcoDinatsoli - i m not expert but you can try my update for tha t – Pranay Rana Feb 05 '14 at 17:02
the same , i got the whole node – Marco Dinatsoli Feb 05 '14 at 17:14
@MarcoDinatsoli - you can refer this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5033955/xpath-select-text-node – Pranay Rana Feb 05 '14 at 17:20
@MarcoDinatsoli =
text1text2text3
as I said, it is an array, so div/node()[0] == div/text()[0] == text1 node, and div/node()[1] == span node, and div/node()[2] == div/text()[1] == text3 node - you would have to concatenate them yourself (by hand or with a helper function that accepts an array). – Pranay Rana Feb 05 '14 at 17:21
I tried really but still the same empty result, i dubug the program and i can see that the empty result – Marco Dinatsoli Feb 05 '14 at 17:38
I found the solution , check my answer, +1 to u – Marco Dinatsoli Feb 05 '14 at 17:58

Marco Dinatsoli · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-05T18:11:09.143

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I found the solution myself.

It is

string(.//ul/li[3])

I also found a better solution which is

.//ul/li[3]/text()[last()]

edited Feb 05 '14 at 18:11

answered Feb 05 '14 at 17:57

Marco Dinatsoli

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how to get the xpath for this element

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