How to write xpath for a field and validate the fields - selenium

Question

I have a requirement to verify field name and values. My code looks like
<div class="line info">
<div class="unit labelInfo TextMdB">
Reference #:
</div>
<div class="unit lastUnit">
701
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="line info">
<div class="unit labelInfo TextMdB">
Registered Date:
</div>
<div class="unit lastUnit">
05/05/2020
</div>
</div>
I gave my xpath as
"//div[#class='unit lastUnit']//preceding-sibling::div[#class='unit labelInfo TextMdB' and contains(text(),'Reference #:')]".
With this xpath I am able to reach "reference#" field . But how to verify reference # field is displaying the value (in this case 701) .
Appreciate your response.
Thanks

Answer 1

You can first reach the Reference # text by using its text in the xpath and then you can use following-sibling to fetch the div tag and then use getText()(java) / text (python) method to get 701.
(Edited answer after OP's comment)
If you want to check if the element is displayed on the page or not then you can fetch its list and check if the size of that list is greater than 0 or not.
You can do it like:
In Java:
List<WebElement> elementList = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//div[#class='line info']//div[contains(text(),'Reference #')]//following-sibling::div"));
if(elementList.size()>0){
// Element is present on the UI
// Finding its text
String text = elementList.get(0).getText();
}
In python:
elementList = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//div[#class='line info']//div[contains(text(),'Reference #')]//following-sibling::div")
if (elementList.len>0):
# Element is present
# Printing its text
print(elementList[0].text)