Q. How do I deal with an & character in my xpath?

Jul 16 08 under Altentee | Comments Off

A. Use the & amp; escape character …
Example html:

  <tr>
    <td>
      Data &amp; Elements
    </td>
  </tr>

Example watir:

@b.cell(:xpath, "//th[contains(text(),'Header')]").flash
@b.cell(:xpath, "//td[contains(text(),'Data &amp; Elements')]").flash

 

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