looking for a best solution to get text of any cell in a table

ligang

In my test, I want to get the text of any cell in a table, any suggestions ?

For example, I want to get the text "User One", how can I do ?

<table>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Delete</td>
<td>Status</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>User One</td>
<td id="del1"><a href="/deleteUser?id=1">delete</a></td>
<td>Active</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>User Two</td>
<td id="del2"><a href="/deleteUser?id=2">delete</a></td>
<td>Inactive</td>
</tr>
</table>

Sumitra

Hi ligang,

You can use _getText(element) API to get the text of any cell in a table.

For more details:

http://sahi.co.in/w/all-apis

Regards
Sumitra

ligang

Hi, Sumitra

I know getText, but I don't know how to locate one cell in the table.

I notice there are two ways to locate one cell

_cell(identifier[, domRelation])
_cell(tableElement, rowText, colText)

But both need to know the text firstly, it is infinite loop, Do I make a misunderstanding ?

Sumitra

Hi ligang,

You can use:

_getText(0,_near(_link("delete")),_under(_cell("Name")));

Regards
Sumitra

ligang

Hi, sumitra

thanks for your quick reply, I 'll try your solution, if your example is Java format, It is helpful for me.

I have a little confuse for java format.

narayan

Hi Ligang,

browser.cell(browser.table("tableId"), rowIndex, colIndex)

also works.

Regards,
Narayan

ligang

Hi, Narayan

You help me solve my problem again. I though index can't work , but it can . thank you so much.

ligang

Oh, sorry, just now I tried your , has the following error.

error:_sahi.setServerVarPlain('___lastValue___Mon Jun 20 16:43:45 CST 2011', _getText(_cell(_table("dataTable[1]", 2, 2))))
TypeError: object can't support "match" attribute or method
No trace available
at net.sf.sahi.client.Browser.executeStep(Browser.java:223)
at net.sf.sahi.client.Browser.execute(Browser.java:190)
at net.sf.sahi.client.Browser.fetch(Browser.java:478)
at net.sf.sahi.client.Browser.getText(Browser.java:501)

ligang

Sorry , It did work, I made a little mistake. Thanks again