How to select value from drop-down list

Hi there! Today, I would like to discuss about how to work with drop-down list.

Package org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select allows us to work with drop-down lists.

  1. Example 1
public static List<String> getAllOptions(WebElement element) {
//initialize object select 
Select select = new Select(element);

//create list of WebElements
List<WebElement> options = select.getOptions();  
List<String> optionsText = new ArrayList<>();

//iterate a list
for(int i=0; i<options.size(); i++) {
    //get text of each element
    String text = options.get(i).getText();
    optionsText.add(text);		
}

2. Example 2

public static void selectValueFromDropDownWithOptions(WebElement element, String selectValue) {
		List<WebElement> options = select.getOptions();
		for(int i=0; i<options.size(); i++) {
			String value = options.get(i).getText();
			System.out.println(value);
		
			if(value.equals(selectValue)) {
				options.get(i).click();
				break;
			}
		}
	}

3. Example 3

public static void selectValueFromDropDown(List<WebElement> optionsList, String value) {
//criate variable int size
		int dayCount = optionsList.size(); 
		System.out.println(dayCount);
//itarte list
		for(int i=0; i<dayCount; i++) {
//get text from each element
			String optinalVal = optionsList.get(i).getText();
			System.out.println(optinalVal);
//if May ==  May
			if(optinalVal.equals(value)) {
				optionsList.get(i).click();
//break the looop
				break;
			}
		}
	}

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