Find DivTag element in list and click when innerHTML matches account name

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I need to click on a "account" button from a table of buttons. If this "account" button is not present, then I will need to click a different "UseAnotherAccount" button.

How I do it at the moment is:

Set a flag account_found to be false by default
use a foreach loop to search through the whole _list of buttons
If the expected account button is found, click it, set account_found flag to be true and break away from this foreach loop
an additional if block is used to to click on UseAnotherAccount button if account_found flag is not set.

My code is shown below:

bool account_found = false;
foreach (DivTag element in _list) {
    String account_name = element.GetInnerHtml();
    if (account_name.Equals(_account_name)) {
        element.Click();
        account_found = true;
        break;
    }
}
if (!account_found) {
    _my_repo.SignInToYourAccount.UseAnotherAccount.Click();
}

I have this feeling my way is not the most elegant way to achieve this. Any suggestions?

@200_success, not really, it was developed for Ranorex platform. But in principle, we could interpret the code as if it was written in Selenium, basically same purpose. — Yu Zhang
– Yu Zhang, Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 5:56

ArgusMagnus · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-11 13:13:16Z

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To eliminate the need for the flag you could do it like this:

var element = _my_repo.SignInToYourAccount.UseAnotherAccount;
foreach (var item in _list)
{
    if (item.GetInnerHtml().Equals(_account_name))
    {
        element = item;
        break;
    }
}
element.Click();

However, your code can be greatly simplified with the Linq extension methods provided in the System.Linqnamespace:

var element = _list.FirstOrDefault(x => x.GetInnerHtml().Equals(_account_name)) ?? _my_repo.SignInToYourAccount.UseAnotherAccount;
element.Click();

edited Jan 11, 2018 at 13:13

answered Jan 9, 2018 at 22:48

ArgusMagnus

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