Handling Dynamic Web Tables Using Selenium WebDriver (medium)

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Which type of HTML table has a fixed number of rows and columns?

Static tables (correct)

Dynamic tables

Both static and dynamic tables

None of the above

What makes handling dynamic tables in Selenium difficult?

There is no way to locate web elements in Selenium

The tables are not written in HTML

Selenium does not support dynamic tables

The number of rows and columns are not constant (correct)

What are web elements in Selenium?

JavaScript elements like functions and variables

HTML elements like textbox, dropdowns, radio buttons, etc. (correct)

Selenium-specific elements like WebDriver and WebElement

CSS elements like selectors and properties

What is the purpose of X-Path in Selenium?

To locate web table elements Signup and view all the answers

What is the first step for getting the X-Path of a web element?

Go to the desired webpage in Chrome Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of input date filters in the dynamic web table example?

To alter the number of rows in the table Signup and view all the answers

Which type of table is easier to handle in Selenium?

Static tables Signup and view all the answers

What is a web element?

An HTML element like textbox, dropdown, radio button, etc. Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Selenium WebDriver?

To handle web elements in Selenium Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the 'Table of Content' section in the text?

To provide a list of topics covered in the text Signup and view all the answers

Which driver is used in the code to handle dynamic web tables?

ChromeDriver Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the code in the first example?

To get the maximum value from a web table Signup and view all the answers

What is the output of the code in the first example?

Maximum current price is : 15.75 Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the code in the second example?

To count the number of rows in a web table Signup and view all the answers

What is the output of the code in the second example?

Number of cells In Row 2 are 3 Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the XPath in the code examples?

To locate the web table Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the for loop in the code examples?

To iterate through the rows of the web table Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the findElements() method in the code examples?

To locate the rows of the web table Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the tagName() method in the code examples?

To locate the columns of the web table Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the getText() method in the code examples?

To retrieve text from specific cells of the web table Signup and view all the answers

Which method is used to locate a web element using its x-path in Selenium WebDriver?

findElementByXPath Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the following line of code: 'System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","G://chromedriver.exe")'?

To set the path of the ChromeDriver executable Signup and view all the answers

What does the following line of code do: 'wd.get("https://demo.guru99.com/test/web-table-element.php")'?

Navigates to the specified URL Signup and view all the answers

What does the following line of code do: 'List< WebElement > col = wd.findElements(By.xpath(".//*[@id="leftcontainer"]/table/thead/tr/th"))'?

Finds the number of columns in a web table Signup and view all the answers

What does the following line of code do: 'WebElement tableRow = baseTable.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id="leftcontainer"]/table/tbody/tr"))'?

Finds the number of rows in a web table Signup and view all the answers

What does the following line of code do: 'String rowtext = tableRow.getText()'?

Gets the text of the specified row in a web table Signup and view all the answers

What does the following line of code do: 'WebElement cellIneed = tableRow.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id="leftcontainer"]/table/tbody/tr/td"))'?

Finds the web element with the specified x-path Signup and view all the answers

What does the following line of code do: 'String valueIneed = cellIneed.getText()'?

Gets the text of the specified cell in a web table Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the following line of code: 'wd.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS)'?

To set the implicit wait time for the WebDriver object Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the following line of code: 'wd.close()'?

To close the Chrome browser Signup and view all the answers