How to find a web element in selenium that contains a text using python

Question

I want to find a web element that contains text 'My' .But the text is stored in a variable named msg

msg = "My"

How do I use the variable in the xpath and find the web element . I also want to click the element

below code works if I give the text directly in the xpath . But i want to use the variable msg to generalize

driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'My')]")

Arundeep Chohan · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-27 02:33:17Z

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driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), '{}')]".format(msg))

Just use format.

answered Mar 27, 2021 at 2:10

Arundeep Chohan

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Vova · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-27 08:54:53Z

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You can use text equals as well:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[text()='{}']".format("you_text"))

but I agree, contains is more flexible:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(),'{}')]".format("you_text"))

answered Mar 27, 2021 at 8:54

Vova

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