Python Scraping with Selenium

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The code below returns the "H" value for the span variable but I am looking for it to return the dollar amount 23988.00. Edited HTML for more scope

search_highprice=[]
result_elements = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//span[@class="tile_high-label"]')

for element in result_elements:
search_result = element.text
search_highprice.append(search_result)

<div class="tile_high-low pull-left" style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.67);">
  <div>
      <span class="tile_high-label">H</span> 
        23988.00
  </div>
   <div>
      <span class="tile_low-label">L</span> 
      23535.00
   </div>
</div>

It looks like the value you want is not inside the <span> tag. — larsks
– larsks, Commented Apr 27, 2020 at 17:51

Sureshmani Kalirajan · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-27 19:30:48Z

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The dollar amount is contained within the div.so you have to target the element.

search_highprice=[]
result_elements = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//span[@class="tile_high-label"]/..')

for element in result_elements:
            search_result = element.text
            search_highprice.append(search_result)

you may need to trim the extra spaces from text before appending.

answered Apr 27, 2020 at 19:30

Sureshmani Kalirajan

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Leo Torres Over a year ago

Wow. Your answer is spot on! Thank you I could not find that anywhere. Thank you I add a replace so my final answer is

Leo Torres Over a year ago

search_result = element.text.replace('H','')

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