How to click on text when it is provided by a variable?

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Hi Everyone , Anyone knows how to click on text when it is provided by a variable? like xclick | ${var}, Anyone tried this?

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Error I got is [error]
Line 44: E316: XClick: invalid target, ‘2UD’

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Xclick require Xpath or image name to click not a variable

Read here how it works

https://ui.vision/rpa/docs/xclick

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Or you can try the new XClickText | ${var}

It uses text recognition (OCR) to find the text.

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Hi @Plankton , I am facing below issue when I try above command.
Line 47: The first argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ArrayBuffer, Array, or Array-like Object. Received type undefined

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Undefined means your “var” doesn’t exist prior to the XClickText command. Are you filling the variable with text properly?

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Yes @Elpin , It is even stored in variables section

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OK, I actually read the documentation and it says the command is actually XClickText | ocr=${var}

Means there should be ocr= in front of the variable name.

Can you try it like that instead?

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There are an other option to click with a variable

Use a generic xpath like (it is an example)

STORE | AAA | Var
CLICK | xpath=(//a[contains(.,‘${var}’)])[1]

This click a link with ${var} content and have not limitation of Xclick (limited command without license, focus on screen, not minimized windows to works)

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Xclicktext only works on text.( things that shows text cursor when you mouse hover. ).
if its not a text then use Xclick using Xpath.