find element in selenium by sub string

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I am coding in java with selenium and i am stuck. I have to find element by ID, the Id of the element is like this "msi_num_create-copy" (the num is changing every time), there is a way to find the element by part of the Id?

//*[contains(@id, 'your_sub_string')] , You also have the function starts-with, instead of contains — KunLun
– KunLun, Commented Jul 1, 2021 at 11:38

cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-01 11:40:56Z

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yes you would need to use either css selector or xpath :

XPATH would be :

//*[contains(@id, '_create-copy') and starts-with(@id, 'msi')]

and use it like this :

WebElement someEle = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(@id, '_create-copy') and starts-with(@id, 'msi')]"));
someEle.click(); or someEle.sendKeys("some string");

answered Jul 1, 2021 at 11:40

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