just_add_watir | Advanced recipes for Watir » :xpath http://justaddwatir.com Advanced recipes for Watir Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:44:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Q. How do I deal with an & character in my xpath? http://justaddwatir.com/2008/q-how-do-i-deal-with-an-character-in-my-xpath/ http://justaddwatir.com/2008/q-how-do-i-deal-with-an-character-in-my-xpath/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:03:54 +0000 admin http://justaddwatir.com/watir/?p=4 A. Use the & amp; escape character ...
Example html:

  <tr>
    <td>
      Data &amp; Elements
    </td>
  </tr>

Example watir:

@b.cell(:xpath, "//th[contains(text(),'Header')]").flash
@b.cell(:xpath, "//td[contains(text(),'Data &amp; Elements')]").flash

 

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