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Wildcards In Selectors In Uipath

In this article, we will use wildcards in selectors in UiPath.

Scenario

Let us consider a scenario where you write text in the notepad. For that, you perform these actions: -

Drag and drop the "Type Into" activity
Identify the notepad using the "Indicate on screen"

Picture showing the type into activity pointed to the notepad application

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Now, check the selector of this activity.

Picture showing the selector editor for the notepad

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In the above figure, we are specifying the title of the notepad as "Untitled - Notepad". So, the UiPath will write the text in the notepad with the title equal to "Untitled - Notepad".

Now save the notepad file and name it "Gyansangrah.txt". So, the title of the notepad is changed to "Gyansangrah.txt - Notepad".

Picture showing the notepad saved as the Gyansangrah.txt

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In this case, the automation will fail as the bot will not find any notepad window with the title "Untitled - Notepad".

Wildcard Comes As A Savior

To handle the above failure, we use the wildcard. So, the selector is changed to.

Picture showing the selector editor with wild card

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Here, "*" is the wildcard that specifies that before the word "- Notepad", one or more than one character will come.

Types Of Wildcards In Uipath

There are 2 types of wildcards supported by UiPath: -

* → Substitute one or more than one character
? → Substitute only one character

Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Thursday, January 28, 2021

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