Can you use Regex inside xpath?

[kepp...@networkoptix.com]

I've done a fair amount of searching but I can't seem to find anything that works.  In order to target accurately I want to use regex.  What I've seen in my searching are test(string,'regex') and matches(string,'regex').  I can't seem to get these to work in the browser let alone in Robot.  Am I just missing something? Here is the example of my html and xpath:

<span ng-if="passwordInput.password.$error.minlength &amp;&amp;

                  !passwordInput.password.$error.pattern" class="ng-binding ng-scope">Password must contain at least 8 characters</span>

//span[matches(@ng-if, '(passwordInput.password.\$error.minlength &&\n)( )+(!passwordInput.password.\$error.pattern)')]

[Tatu Aalto]

Ugh

The new versions of xpath supports regex, but I haven't found a browser which would support that new xpath version. Usually I have been able to workaround the problem, by using xpath contains [1] or relying xpath axes [2].

-Tatu
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[1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1064968/how-to-use-xpath-contains-here

[2] https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xpath_axes.asp

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[kepp...@networkoptix.com]

Ah I see.  I'll just have to deal with it then.

On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 11:14:08 AM UTC-8, Tatu Aalto wrote:

Ugh

The new versions of xpath supports regex, but I haven't found a browser which would support that new xpath version. Usually I have been able to workaround the problem, by using xpath contains [1] or relying xpath axes [2].

-Tatu
Send from my mobile

[1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1064968/how-to-use-xpath-contains-here

[2] https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xpath_axes.asp

On 21 Feb 2018 21:01, <kepp...@networkoptix.com> wrote:

I've done a fair amount of searching but I can't seem to find anything that works.  In order to target accurately I want to use regex.  What I've seen in my searching are test(string,'regex') and matches(string,'regex').  I can't seem to get these to work in the browser let alone in Robot.  Am I just missing something? Here is the example of my html and xpath:

<span ng-if="passwordInput.password.$error.minlength &amp;&amp;

                  !passwordInput.password.$error.pattern" class="ng-binding ng-scope">Password must contain at least 8 characters</span>

//span[matches(@ng-if, '(passwordInput.password.\$error.minlength &&\n)( )+(!passwordInput.password.\$error.pattern)')]

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