Syntax error How to identify elements based on text visible on page in Selenium?

How to identify elements based on text visible on page in Selenium?

To identify elements based on text visible on page, text() method is used in xpath.

Syntax −

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//tagname[text()=’value’]"))

Example

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
public class TextMatch {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\chromedriver.exe");
      WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
      String url = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm";
      driver.get(url);
      driver.manage().window().maximize();
      driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
      //xpath with text() method
      driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[text()=’GATE Exams’]")).click();
      driver.close();
   }
}
Updated on: 2020-06-10T12:59:04+05:30

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