comparing a string with the strings present in the drop down list

Hi all

I want to throw an exception if ,a string given in excel sheet is not present in the drop down list of an application.
how to check whether a string is present in the drop down list or not.

Can anyone help me...!!

assertText or verifyText

You can use one of the getSelect... methods.
For example:
getSelectOptions(selectLocator) - gets all option labels in the specified select drop-down.
And then verify if the text is presented in returned array.

Hi faramka,
I don't know how to use getSelectOptions nether how to verify if the text is present in a array. Could you give an example? Thanks very much!!

Hi,

You can try following command to verify the text present in dropdown:

assertTrue(selenium.isElementPresent("css=select#unitNameSelection:contains('"+lstrVehName+"')"));

In the above command 'lstrVehName' Im passing it as a string variable.

Where,
unitNameSelection: Is ID of your dropdown box.
lstrVehName: Is text is to verify in the dropdown.