How to read() from multi items - use count() and for loop to select nth occurence

[BeanHhb]

Hi @kensoh
Thanks to you Guide book, I try RPA-Python for some simple demo.
I dont know how to opera when I want to get each text from multi items which have same feature.
Such as:
a = r.count('.gl-i-wrap strong i') // a= 30
b = r.read('.gl-i-wrap strong i') // b only get the text from first item

Please show me the correct way to get all text. Tkx

[kensoh]

Hi @BeanHhb, oh you can do the following. Lemme know if you run into issues!

You are using CSS selector, . is class. Normally I use XPath in below eg. I think in CSS you'll use :nth-child(item).

total_items = r.count('//*[@class="gl-i-wrap strong i"]')
for item in range(1, total_items + 1):
    value = r.read('(//*[@class="gl-i-wrap strong i"])[' + str(item) + ']')

For XPath, (XPath)[n] means the nth occurrence of an item. This is a more elaborate example from the API Reference - #24

[BeanHhb]

Tks, Kensoh.
i turn to use XPath as the way you provide.

[vigraton]

How do I define total_items?

[kensoh]

Hi @vigraton sorry I had a typo! I've updated above example. total_items is derived from using r.count()