How to create a custom Xpath which uses contains method for two different strings

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I have two following XPath snippets and I want to merge them together to make one, can I do that?

xpath1 = /div/a[contains(@href,'location')]

xpath2 = /div/a[contains(@href,'city')]

maybe clarify a little.. are you trying to find more than one element? There is an "or" operator in xpath... (and "and") — pcalkins, Jul 31 '20 at 20:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 01 '20 at 00:26

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The two xpath based Locator Strategies:

xpath1 = /div/a[contains(@href,'location')]
xpath2 = /div/a[contains(@href,'city')]

can be merged using java notation as follows:

Using and:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div/a[contains(@href,'location') and contains(@href,'city')]"))

Using or:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div/a[contains(@href,'location') or contains(@href,'city')]"))

edited Aug 01 '20 at 00:26

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answered Jul 31 '20 at 22:41

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@kjhughes Thanks for the edit. Messed up the xpath with my sleepy eyes. – undetected Selenium Aug 01 '20 at 16:11

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 01 '20 at 04:17

Shortest syntax is to use the union | operator. So in your case, you can use :

/div/a[contains(@href,'location')]|/div/a[contains(@href,'city')]

As a result you'll get elements which fulfill the first XPath expression + elements which fulfill the second XPath expression (+ elements which fulfill both expressions(not possible with your example since an anchor element supports only 1 @href attribute)).

How to create a custom Xpath which uses contains method for two different strings

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