How can I select a xpath that contains a text with ""
Let say my text on the page is: "my text" (this includes the "").
When I make the xpath I do in VS:
"//td[contains(.,'"mytext">')]"
But VS doesnt see this as correct because it shows mytext in white as if it doesnt belong to the xpath
It says it is a syntax error and it expects an ','.
So how can I make an xpth that uses an contain where the text has an "".
The answer is pretty simple, escape the double quote characters:
"//td[contains(.,'\"mytext\">')]"
This is a reference of what characters need escaping: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/csharpfaq/2004/03/12/what-character-escape-sequences-are-available/
Hope it helps.
If the context of your XPath is XML, then escape the double quotes with ":
//td[contains(.,'"mytext">')]
See also: Simplified XML Escaping
If the context of your XPat is not XML, you might try
//td[contains(.,concat('"','mytext', '"', '>'))]
to see if VS is happier with that expression, or set a separate variable for " constant, and build up your XPath piecewise from it.
If that doesn't help in your context, see how to escape single quote in xslt substring function
