How to retieve specific text from a tag without using contains() and xpath?

<div>
<label1>Hulk</label1>
<label2>Ironman</label2>
Thor
</div>


How do I get only Thor text without using contains in xpath ?

If I try getting text of div it would give me all the 3(Hulk,Ironman,Thor) but I want only Thor.

<label1?

div

//div/text()

Thor

3 Answers
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To extract the text Thor without using contains in xpath you can use either of the following solutions:

xpath:

xpath

String myText = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[not(@label)]")).getText();


cssSelector:

cssSelector

String myText = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div:not(label)")).getText();


Using JavaScriptExecutor

JavaScriptExecutor

WebElement myElement = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@attribute='value']")); //replace the pseudo attribute with actual attribute
String myText = ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript('return arguments[0].lastChild.textContent;', myElement).toString();


Note: Ensure that xpath as //div[not(@label)] and cssSelector as div:not(label) resembles to a unique element on the HTML DOM.

//div[not(@label)]

div:not(label)

Could you please try the below mentioned path ?

/div/text()


Try to execute JavaScript via JavascriptExecutor

return document.querySelector('div').lastChild.textContent;


to get required text

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