'list' object has no attribute 'text'

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How to fix this error 'list' object has no attribute 'text'

Davao14 = wd1.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[1]')
Davao15 = wd1.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[2]')
Davao16 = wd1.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[3]')
Davao17 = wd1.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[4]')
Davao18 = wd1.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[5]')
Davao19 = wd1.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[6]')
Davao20 = wd1.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[7]')
Davao21 = wd1.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[8]')

Cebu14 = wd2.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[1]')
Cebu15 = wd2.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[2]')
Cebu16 = wd2.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[3]')
Cebu17 = wd2.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[4]')
Cebu18 = wd2.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[5]')
Cebu19 = wd2.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[6]')
Cebu20 = wd2.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[7]')
Cebu21 = wd2.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[8]')

Manila14 = wd3.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[1]')
Manila15 = wd3.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[2]')
Manila16 = wd3.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[3]')
Manila17 = wd3.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[4]')
Manila18 = wd3.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[5]')
Manila19 = wd3.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[6]')
Manila20 = wd3.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[7]')
Manila21 = wd3.find_elements_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[4]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[8]')

data1 = [Davao14, Davao15, Davao16, Davao17, Davao18, Davao19, Davao20, Davao21]
data2 = [Cebu14, Cebu15, Cebu16, Cebu17, Cebu18, Cebu19, Cebu20, Cebu21]
data3 = [Manila14, Manila15, Manila16, Manila17, Manila18, Manila19, Manila20, Manila21]

for datas1 in data1:
  for datas2 in data2:
    for datas3 in data3:
      print("***DAVAO-CITY***\n\n")
      print(datas1.text)
      print("\n\n")
      print("***CEBU-CITY***\n\n")
      print(datas2.text)
      print("\n\n")
      print("***MANILA-CITY***\n\n")
      print(datas3.text)

OUTPUT:

***DAVAO-CITY***


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-96-63ba9131bde0> in <module>()
      7     for datas3 in data3:
      8       print("***DAVAO-CITY***\n\n")
----> 9       print(datas1.text)
     10       print("\n\n")
     11       print("***CEBU-CITY***\n\n")

AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'text'

You are trying to find `Davao14` with `wd1.find_elements`. Using **elements** returns a list. And the you are adding it to `data1` , now `data1` is a **list of list**. In the `for loop` `datas1` is a list and you cannot extract Text from a list. — pmadhu, Oct 14 '21 at 10:58
`find_elements` returns a list, change `elements` to `element` — Herker, Oct 14 '21 at 11:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '21 at 11:00

datas1 is a list of strings while each data1 element is a string.
The same about the datas2 & data2 and datas3 & data3.
String element has no .text method.
List of string also has no .text method.
To print the all the lists of strings you should pass strings themselves directly to the print() method.
So instead of

data1 = [Davao14, Davao15, Davao16, Davao17, Davao18, Davao19, Davao20, Davao21]
data2 = [Cebu14, Cebu15, Cebu16, Cebu17, Cebu18, Cebu19, Cebu20, Cebu21]
data3 = [Manila14, Manila15, Manila16, Manila17, Manila18, Manila19, Manila20, Manila21]

for datas1 in data1:
  for datas2 in data2:
    for datas3 in data3:
      print("***DAVAO-CITY***\n\n")
      print(datas1.text)
      print("\n\n")
      print("***CEBU-CITY***\n\n")
      print(datas2.text)
      print("\n\n")
      print("***MANILA-CITY***\n\n")
      print(datas3.text)

It should be

data1 = [Davao14, Davao15, Davao16, Davao17, Davao18, Davao19, Davao20, Davao21]
data2 = [Cebu14, Cebu15, Cebu16, Cebu17, Cebu18, Cebu19, Cebu20, Cebu21]
data3 = [Manila14, Manila15, Manila16, Manila17, Manila18, Manila19, Manila20, Manila21]

for datas1 in data1:
  for datas2 in data2:
    for datas3 in data3:
      print("***DAVAO-CITY***\n\n")
      print(data1)
      print("\n\n")
      print("***CEBU-CITY***\n\n")
      print(data2)
      print("\n\n")
      print("***MANILA-CITY***\n\n")
      print(data3)

cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-14T12:29:22.213

data1 = [Davao14, Davao15, Davao16, Davao17, Davao18, Davao19, Davao20, Davao21]

data1 is a list of list of web elements. what it means is, Davao14 is also a list. same for Davao15 and so on..

for datas1 in data1:
    for inside_list in datas1:
        print("***DAVAO-CITY***\n\n")
        print(inside_list.text)

You can similarly have different loops for data2 and data3

Update :

Nested loops are one way to quickly get a big O notation.

Typically (but not always) one loop nested in another will cause O(n²).

I would not prefer nested loop for this use case..

for datas2 in data2:
        for inside_list in datas2:
            print("***DAVAO-CITY***\n\n")
            print(inside_list.text)

'list' object has no attribute 'text'

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