whats the diff between the xpaths: (//a[@class="_2whKao"])[3] and //a[@class="_2whKao"][3]

Question

Im getting 1 match with the fist xpath but 0 with the latter

I tried extracting an anchor tag using selenium by xpaths.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '23 at 13:31

DIFFERENCE:

(//a[@class="_2whKao"])[3] - This expression tries to locate the 3rd element(from the top) in the DOM.

//a[@class="_2whKao"][3] - This expression tries to locate the element(s) who are the 3rd child of their parent node.