is it possible to use regex to get all elements that have the same first half of their name?
so I'm looking to iterate through a list of items that populate a dropdown that have different names every day.
An example of the first locator from today's dropdown tab is get_by_role("link", name="You have not viewed this projectGREEN LINE")
is there a way I could use regex so it could locate all items in the list that start with "You have not viewed this project...." ?
I would then just iterate through them using .nth_child{x} until I get a couple timeouts in a row where I'll then break out of my while true loop.
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Sure, you can use regex in @playwright/test to find all list items that start with 'You have not viewed this project...'. Here's how you can do it:
First, use the getByRole method to select all list items (<li>) on the page.
await page.getByRole('listitem')Next, apply a filter using the hasText option and provide a regex pattern.
.filter({ hasText: /^you have not viewed this project/i })This regex pattern /^you have not viewed this project/i is case-insensitive and matches any text starting with 'you have not viewed this project'.
By using this approach, you'll find all list items that start with 'You have not viewed this project...'.
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