XPath query searching for an element with specific text

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/147486

  •  02-07-2019
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Question

Given the following XML structure

<html>
  <body>
    <div>
      <span>Test: Text2</span>
    </div>
    <div>
      <span>Test: Text3</span>
    </div>
    <div>
      <span>Test: Text5</span>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

What is the best XPath query to locate any span with text that starts with Test?

OTHER TIPS

Valid option is also:

//span[contains(.,'Test')]
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