[wtr-general] Re: Partial match on element id

2013-02-08 Thread Alex Shtayer
yes, that's right. just used to that style :) -- -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com --- You received this mes

[wtr-general] Re: Partial match on element id

2013-02-08 Thread Dan
it'll work without the wild card characters (.*) as well. A little less to type :). On Friday, February 8, 2013 6:36:16 AM UTC-5, Alex Shtayer wrote: > > > If I understand your question correctly, so both of my examples are given > for string case (not for numbers or something) as all DOM value

[wtr-general] Re: Partial match on element id

2013-02-08 Thread Alex Shtayer
If I understand your question correctly, so both of my examples are given for string case (not for numbers or something) as all DOM values that we get are strings by default or did you mean how you can use variable instead exact number? you can try something like: browser.link(:id, /.*#{num1}.*

[wtr-general] Re: Partial match on element id

2013-02-08 Thread Adrian Killens
Thanks for this Alex, how would I format that if the number was stored as a string? e.g. if num1 = '1234' how would I use num1 instead of 1234? On Friday, 8 February 2013 10:45:37 UTC, Alex Shtayer wrote: > > > using regular expressions > e.g. > browser.link(:id, /.*1234.*/) > > or xpaths > brows

[wtr-general] Re: Partial match on element id

2013-02-08 Thread Alex Shtayer
using regular expressions e.g. browser.link(:id, /.*1234.*/) or xpaths browser.link(:xpath, "//a[contains(@id,'1234')]")) -- -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-