Using the OR logical function in the "starts with" condition for finding the xpath

Question

I use the following X-path to extract a web element based on the starts-with condition

//a[starts-with(@href,'https://test-abc-eu.softcore.com')]

I want to increase the scope of the search by adding a logical OR condition to the search. Anything that starts with

//a[starts-with(@href,'https://test-abc-eu.softcore.com')]
//a[starts-with(@href,'https://test-abc.softcore.com')]

Something like

//a[starts-with(@href,'https://test-abc-eu.softcore.com' or @href,'https://test-abc.softcore.com')]

Is this possible? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Because your requirements are similar, would you mind looking at the answer to this question and see if it addresses your problem? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21405267/xpath-using-regex-in-contains-function — WGS, Aug 10 '19 at 11:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 10 '19 at 13:02

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The correct syntax would be:

//a[starts-with(@href,'http://test-abc.softcore.com') or starts-with(@href,'https://test-abc-eu.softcore.com')]

Demo:

As you can see both links are matched.

References:

edited Aug 10 '19 at 13:02

JeffC

answered Aug 10 '19 at 11:11

Dmitri T

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