How to loop through options in a drop down list? - excel

Question

I am trying to loop through the options or items of a drop down menu, but I don't know the number of items as it will be changeable every time.
Here's the html part of the sList3
<select name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$Dschool" onchange="javascript:setTimeout('__doPostBack(\'ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$Dschool\',\'\')', 0)" id="ContentPlaceHolder1_Dschool" style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;width:500px;">
<option selected="selected" value="0"> Select From Menu </option>
<option value="311223">first option</option>
<option value="311625">some option</option>
</select>
Here's my code that I have started
For i = 1 To 4
Set sList1 = .FindElementById("ContentPlaceHolder1_Dedara").AsSelect
sList1.SelectByIndex i
.Wait 2000
Set sList2 = .FindElementById("ContentPlaceHolder1_Drel").AsSelect
sList2.SelectByIndex 1
.Wait 2000
Set sList3 = .FindElementById("ContentPlaceHolder1_Dschool").AsSelect
'How can I loop through the options (unknown in length)
Next i
I would like to loop each option and debug.print the value of the option.
SOLUTION
With the help of JeffC this is the final solution
For j = 1 To sList3.Options.Count
Debug.Print sList3.Options(j).Text
Next j

Answer 1

I think you can use for each loop
WebElement selectElement = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[#id='ContentPlaceHolder1_Dschool']"));
Select select = new Select(selectElement);
List<WebElement> options = select.getOptions();
for (WebElement we : options)
{
System.out.println("Element="+we.getText());
}

Answer 2

You can use CSS selector to get collection of the options under the parent id
Dim elements As Object, element As Object
Set elements = driver.FindElementsByCss("#ContentPlaceHolder1_Dschool option")
Then loop
For Each element In elements:
Debug.Print element.text
Next
CSS:
If the id is dynamic switch css to
[id^=ContentPlaceHolder1] option