ruby - Regex to select id -

ruby - Regex to select id -

is there way utilize regex or "like" function when don't have exact element id, know general format?

currently have

doc.css('table[id="uta_basic"]//tbody')

but i'd find table id xyz_basic, or table _basic work.

i'd open switching xpath if needed.

you can utilize xpath function contains check if id attribute contains substring "_basic":

doc.xpath('//table[contains(@id, "_basic")]/tbody')

note:

however way may give false positive if, example, exists in document table tags ids _basical _basic_1 since function doesn't check position or characters after, presence of substring.

if need precise, can solve problem emulating xpath 2.0 function ends-with this:

doc.xpath('//table[substring(@id,string-length(@id)-string-length("_basic")+1)="_basic")]/tbody')

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