Thanks for the hint on regex. I'll post my code when it's ready so the group can learn from the experience.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Derek W <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the context? Are you first getting the div via xpath and storing > it in a variable? > > If so, you can just do a regex using something like this right? > "<table>[0-9a-zA-Z<> \/]*<\/table>" > > If you're trying to do this all in 1 xpath locator, can't you do something > like: > > //div[@id="contents"]//table//text() > > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Super Kevy <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> How can I get all the content in a div element then strip out a table >> element leaving only what elements I want? >> >> Assume a structure like >> >> <div id="contents> >> <p>Static text I want to offline into a file as a static comparison >> later</p> >> <p>If the static content is updated by a change request I will detect the >> changes by a file compare</p> >> <table><tr><td>this table is dynamic is updated with new values all the >> time</td></tr><t/able> >> <p>More static content</p> >> <ul><li>etc, etc</li></ul> >> </div> >> >> >> The notion is I store the statics in a file then iterating a test that >> can compare the current static elements to an offline file and let me know >> if there are changes. >> I would like to be able to strip the table from the div wrapper and just >> see the whats left for the comparison. >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search >> before you ask, be nice. >> >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general >> [email protected] >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Watir General" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Derek Wrobel > 425-243-3355 > > -- > -- > Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search > before you ask, be nice. > > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > [email protected] > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Watir General" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/watir-general/U_fq01pvWZo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
