Using XPATH to search text containing whitespace

Question

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  Create Network Container         


        

Answer 1

It works by cutting and pasting your posted example. Your original source probably has tabs or other whitespace characters that don't match. Here are some alternatives:

1) Normalize spaces

//td[normalize-space(text()) = 'Create Network Container']

2) Compare using string value of td (this will also match Create Network Container)

//td[normalize-space(.) = 'Create Network Container']

3) Check for each word separately (ignores word order)

//td[contains(text(), 'Create') and contains(text(), 'Network') and contains(text(), 'Container')]

4) Strip whitespace, tabs, newlines, line-feeds, carriage returns and compare result:

//td[translate(text(), "  
	
", "") = 'CreateNetworkContainer']