Selenium C#: string contains

Question

I have something like:

string result = Selenium.GetText("/html/body/form/div[2]");
if (result.Contains("test")
{
   bool found = true;
}
else
{
   found = false;
}

My problem is using result.Contains() returns false if there are tests, testing, etc. Also returns false for uppercase TEST, Test, etc

Is there another method that would match each character? Something like: result.Match("test");

Thanks for helping me out.

result.Contains("test") will return true if result contains "tests" or "testing" because each of the words contains "test". — Wesley Wiser, Jul 22 '11 at 15:43
@ Wesley Wiser: really? I did not think so. Let me try again. — Maya, Jul 22 '11 at 15:45
`result.Contains("test")` will return true if "test" occurs anywhere in `result`, regardless of whether it's a whole or partial word. If it returns false, then "test" doesn't occur anywhere in result. But note that this is a case-sensitive search. Are you sure the case matches? — Igby Largeman, Jul 22 '11 at 15:47
@ Charles: Thanks, I tried again, and figured that it was a case issue. I used ToUpper, and it is returning true. Thanks again Wesley and Charles! — Maya, Jul 22 '11 at 15:51

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 22 '11 at 15:43

2

string.StartsWith is a good start, and then Regex if you need more power

answered Jul 22 '11 at 15:43

kͩeͣmͮpͥ ͩ

Regex is the fastest way to do a proper check + it's very flexible - it might be hard to grasp. – Roger Far Jul 22 '11 at 15:48
@Rogier21 fastest in what sense? `StartsWith` is quicker. – kͩeͣmͮpͥ ͩ Jul 22 '11 at 15:49
Probably it is, but it's not contains :) Compiled regex' are usually very fast, faster than most compare functions. – Roger Far Jul 22 '11 at 16:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '11 at 15:46

1

Pardon my awful code, though it works:

var aStartsWithB = stringA.ToUpper().StartsWith(stringB.ToUpper());
var aContainsB = stringA.ToUpper().Contains(stringB.ToUpper());

answered Jul 22 '11 at 15:46

Andrey Agibalov

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

1

contains it should work fine:

public static void Main()
{
    string result = @"/html/body/form/tests123456";
    var containsTest= result.Contains("test"); // <--True
}

Just bear in mind that Contains is case sensitive

You could use a version of string.Contains case insensitive as showed on the post below.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

Community

answered Jul 22 '11 at 15:48

3 Answers3