contains()

Example: //li[contains(text(),'Apple')] selects all li elements containing 'Apple'.

starts-with()

Example: //span[starts-with(text(),'Book')] selects all spans starting with 'Book'.

ends-with()

Example: //span[ends-with(text(),'B')] selects all spans ending with 'B'.

Practice Tool

Try using these functions in our XPath practice tool for QA testers.