How to get attribute value of a row or column by using xpath of data

[Pragnya Sahoo]

Hi All,

Below is the HTML structure of an element present in a webtable. Like that there are many other elements in different rows and columns.

<tr id="avlAndFareForm:trainbtwnstns:2" class="rf-dt-r active-row">

<td id="avlAndFareForm:trainbtwnstns:2:j_idt378" class="rf-dt-c">

<a class="trainNoLink" tabindex="2" href="javascript:trainScheFunc('12509')">12509</a>

</td>

</tr>

I will be writing  the xpath for searching that element by using the below, since 12509 will be unique text which I can use to search easily

//a[contains(text(),'12509')]

But now I want to store the attribute value of the "id" (either of row or column) by using the above xpath since the "id" value changes dynamically. So, when I'm running the below script through IDE it is not printing the "id" attribute value

<tr>

<td>storeAttribute</td>

<td>xpath=//a[contains(text(),'12864')]@id</td>

<td>s</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>echo</td>

<td>${s}</td>

<td></td>

</tr>

Result:

[info] Executing: |storeAttribute | xpath=//a[contains(text(),'12864')]@id | s |

[info] Executing: |echo | ${s} | |

[info] echo: ${s} [It is not printing the correct value]

Please help me on this.

[Er. Debasish Dutta]

Hi Pragnya,

I think there is some problem in idetifying the element. could you please try with other identifiers. let me know if u need any help.

Thanks

Debasish

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Thanks & Regards,

Debasish Dutta

[Pragnya Sahoo]

Hi Debasish,

To find my element I need to use the below html line

<a class="trainNoLink" tabindex="2" href="javascript:trainScheFunc('12509')">12509</a>

But i need to get the value of the attribute "id", which is in the line above <a> tag

<td id="avlAndFareForm:trainbtwnstns:2:j_idt378" class="rf-dt-c">

So, don't know how to extract that value through "storeAttribute" command. I have tried lot many ways but can't able to get it.

So, it will be better if you can provide the query to extract that.

Thanks

Pragnya Sahoo

[PeterJeffreyGale]

You can use:

//a[contains(text(),'12509')]/..

to get the parent element of the <a> tag and then use storeAttribute on that element to get  it's ID.

[Pragnya Sahoo]

Thanks Peter.. This works..