Select Element with specific class from multiple classes

Question

If I have this DOM:

<div class="A others classes">

    other elements

    <div class="AB other classes"></div>

    other elements

</div>

I want to select the div with class A.

I have tried with //div[contains(@class, 'A')], but also select the div with class AB.

How I can select just div with class A? I can't use other classes in xpath, because are dynamic added to element.

Another helpful duplicate: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1390568/how-can-i-match-on-an-attribute-that-contains-a-certain-string — Daniel Haley, Jun 03 '20 at 15:51
@DanielHaley: Thanks, added ahead of the original duplicate as it's better (albeit with a bit harder-to-find title). — kjhughes, Jun 03 '20 at 16:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 03 '20 at 15:16

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Two possibilities are

Match A and exclude AB explicitly:

//div[contains(@class, 'A') and not(contains(@class, 'AB'))]

Maybe this fits your needs.

answered Jun 03 '20 at 15:16

zx485

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There's an idiom to make such a differentiation more robustly. See duplicate link. (Your solution would select `div` elements with `class="xxxA "`, for example -- probably not desired.) – kjhughes Jun 03 '20 at 15:28

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