How do I use html innertext in an if statement?

[Zephyr]

I’ve managed to find an innertext which I would like to use an if statement for.
e.g If InnerText=Digit1 then [activity]
and I have 9 different innertexts that it could possibly be, so I would probably just copy the same if statement and adjust 8 more times unless there is a smarter way to design it. My issue is i’m not sure how to write a visual basic expression to link to the innertext field, is there any documentation on how to do this?

[ppr (Peter Preuss)]

Not all parts from the question are clear. Maybe following helps

we can check if an array has a particular item

Or

we will store our variables within an array and will check with the Any method if any item will satisfy a check condition

[postwick (Paul)]

Use Get Attribute to get innertext and store it in a variable. Use a Switch to do the 9 different things based upon the variable value.

By the way, instead of using Get Attribute to get innertext, just use the Get Text activity.

[Zephyr]

Thanks, that makes sense. I actually have 3 pop ups in the web page at any given time and each one has a different inner text so I was going to use that, but I guess text should work just as well. I think switch would work better if it was just the one inner text, otherwise I’d have to have 3 long switches?

Thanks Peter as well, that helps a lot with understanding the expression I need to write

[postwick (Paul)]

@Zephyr

I think switch would work better if it was just the one inner text, otherwise I’d have to have 3 long switches?

No, your situation is exactly what Switch is for. You provide the value (ie the variable) in the expression similar to an If. Then you have a Case for each possible value. You get the value with a Get Text and put it into a variable, then you use Switch to do the other steps you need based on the variable’s value.

[Zephyr]

Thanks, I’ve used get text to assign each of the possible innertext fields to a variable.
I now have 3 variables, but when I use the switch and set the switch type to string it says along the lines of compiler error; disallows conversion from boolean to string.

The expression i’ve tried to use is {firstdigit}.Contains(“Digit 1, Digit 2, Digit 3”) and I would have a click sequence if this is true, another click sequence for Digits 4 to 6 and another for 7 to 9.

[postwick (Paul)]

@Zephyr

Thanks, I’ve used get text to assign each of the possible innertext fields to a variable.

That’s not right. You use Get Text to get the value of the UI Element into a variable. Put that variable in your Switch expression (make sure to change its type to String), and then each possible value will be a Case.

[postwick (Paul)]