How to get td text value of nested table by XPath

Question

I have this table inside another table inside another table and so on. And then I want to get the text value of the td element with a specific class.

<tr>
  <td width="5%"></td>
  <td class="wintxt">The XML ....<br/><br/>Number: xyz</td>
</tr>

I need to get the text content "The XML ....Number: xyz"

I tried using:

List<?> submissionString = resultOfsubmissionPage.getByXPath("//tr[@class=\"wintxt\"]/td/text()");

...and many other variations but I always get a zero element List. Anyone has a clue?

May be class mistake try this :- `//tr/td[@class='wintxt']/text()` — Saurabh Gaur, Jul 18 '16 at 13:43
@SaurabhGaur I get two elements in my List. Is those two elements the 2 tds in the tr ? — MaVRoSCy, Jul 18 '16 at 13:45
but as i seeing only one `td` has class attribute which is specify with the xpath... — Saurabh Gaur, Jul 18 '16 at 13:49
The two elements i get are: 0)The XML... 1)Number: xyz , so thats great. Thanks — MaVRoSCy, Jul 18 '16 at 13:57
yeah it returns two element with desire text..you welcome..glad to help you..:) — Saurabh Gaur, Jul 18 '16 at 13:59

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '16 at 13:52

There is mistakes with your provided xpath you are searching text() in that row means tr which has class attribute but as your provided HTML only one td has class attribute. So try as below :-

List<?> submissionString = resultOfsubmissionPage.getByXPath("//tr/td[@class='wintxt']/text()");

Hope it helps..:)

How to get td text value of nested table by XPath

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