Xpath is not working when binded with a variable

[theraviz]

HI,

I have to identify a table cell based on the comparison with other cells in the same row. I created an xpath for that and it works well for all other condition except for one cell where I am checking whether it is greater than a particular number (_population in the below xpath)

/table//td/table[2]//td[@innertext~$_country]/../td[2]/following-sibling::td/img[@src~$_flag]/../following-sibling::td[@innertext>$_population]/preceding-sibling::td[2]//a

Since I need to get all the values based on the above xpath I am passing this repo item to a function where I am using IList to get all values.

Now the problem that xpath is not taking the _population value which is passing as parameter. I have defined the same in global Parameters and binded this to _population. Except this value all other values are working fine.

When I removed the binded variable and put a static number in the xpath, now its properly Identifying the contrl.

/table//td/table[2]//td[@innertext~$_country]/../td[2]/following-sibling::td/img[@src~$_flag]/../following-sibling::td[@innertext>1000]/preceding-sibling::td[2]//a

How to solve this?

[odklizec]

Hi,

Please post a Ranorex snapshot (not screenshot) of the problematic element and a sample solution simulating your problem. It's impossible to tell what;s wrong without seeing the UI (at very least snapshot) and structure of your solution with binded variables and repo. Thanks.

[theraviz]

Hi,

Please post a Ranorex snapshot (not screenshot) of the problematic element and a sample solution simulating your problem. It's impossible to tell what;s wrong without seeing the UI (at very least snapshot) and structure of your solution with binded variables and repo. Thanks.

Attached.

[odklizec]

Hi,

I think I now understand. The problem is, that the xpath attributes are ALWAYS strings so they cannot be compared as numbers. In fact, '>' in xpath expression means "start with"! To evaluate the innertext as a number, you must adapt the xpath like this:

/table//td/table[2]//td[@innertext~$_country]/../td[2]/following-sibling::td/img[@src~$_flag]/../following-sibling::td[text()>$_population]/preceding-sibling::td[2]//a

[theraviz]

Thank you. Its resolved