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Variable substitution in XPATH query

I was trying to get a column's value as given below which does not work. I have checked variable substitution option in Extractor Properties.

 

swing/table/row\[cell='${ipadd}'\]/cell[8]

 

and, how to introduce backslash substitutions for the command:

 

swing/table/row[cell='[query BTS_data col2(3)]']/cell[8]   (Getting cell value from another query here)

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Ah! Interestingly, when I substitute variable for the last cell, it works fine!

 

swing/table/row/\[cell='${ipadd}'\]/cell\[${stby}\]

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The reason why swing/table/row\[cell='${ipadd}'\]/cell[8] failed was because you did not escape the square brackts for the last cell

swing/table/row\[cell='${ipadd}'\]/cell\[8\] would do the trick. 

 

When you added the substitution the the last cell, you added the escape character, and it worked. 

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