How to write xpath fuzzy matching?
In XPath, fuzzy matching can be achieved using wildcards, which come in two forms: asterisk (*) and question mark (?).
- Perform a fuzzy match using asterisks (*)
- //tagname[contains(@attribute, ‘value’)] : Match all elements of tagname whose attribute contains ‘value’.
- Match all elements with the attribute ‘attribute’ and a value of ‘value’.
- Utilize the question mark (?) for fuzzy matching.
- //*[@attribute=’value’] : Match all elements that have the attribute “attribute” with a value that starts with ‘value’.
- //*[substring(@attribute, string-length(@attribute) – string-length(‘value’) +1) = ‘value’]: Selects all elements with the attribute attribute whose value ends with ‘value’.
Note: Wildcards can be combined with other XPath expressions to achieve more complex fuzzy matching requirements.