Vscode matches and replaces the brackets

adopt VSCode Quickly XPath Replace with the format you need .

1. Copy from web page XPath

Use Chrome Browser browsing web pages , Right click on the page element and select Check (Inspect)

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Then right click on the selected element tag and select Copy -> Copy Full XPath

2. Replace with the desired format

Copied from webpage XPath after , The index of the element will be marked with brackets and numbers , as follows .

/html/body/div[1]/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div[2]/div/p[2]/a[1]

If you don't need an index at this time, you can use it in VSCode Replace with regular matching , The specific way is as follows :

Use Ctrl+H open Replace function , stay Find Column input regular expression : \[.\]
among \ For parentheses [] Do to escape , . Then it means matching any character ,
Replace Don't write anything in a column , Then use the shortcut key Ctrl + Alt + Enter Replace all .

stay UIPath Used in , You need to put / Replace with >