"I am not totally agree."

Both errors you report are the same:

C:\Users\User1\Documents\TESTPERL>perl TEST.pl
Error while executing command: invalid argument: 'url' must be a strin
+g
  (Session info: chrome=70.0.3538.77)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.43.600210 (68dcf5eebde37173d4027fa8635e
+332711d2874a),platform=Windows NT 6.1.7601 SP1 x86_64) at C:/Strawber
+ry/perl/site/lib/Selenium/Remot
e/Driver.pm line 391.
 at C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib/Selenium/Remote/Driver.pm line 348.
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and

C:\Users\user1\Documents\TESTPERL>perl TEST6.pl
Error while executing command: invalid argument: 'url' must be a strin
+g
  (Session info: chrome=70.0.3538.77)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.43.600210 (68dcf5eebde37173d4027fa8635e
+332711d2874a),platform=Windows NT 6.1.7601 SP1 x86_64) at C:/Strawber
+ry/perl/sit
e/lib/Selenium/Remote/Driver.pm line 391.
 at C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib/Selenium/Remote/Driver.pm line 348.
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"Here i am just trying to retrieve a simple data ( a string like "Test") from a cell in an Excel file."

This isn't what the code you posted does. You should ask who ever wrote the code for you.

Marto

Thanks. I finally found the issue. Indeed the output is the same but the code is a little bit different. I just forgot to delete a line in the code.

Thanks for your feedback

It's the same mistake. Tutorials->Debugging and Optimization->Basic debugging checklist.

If you want a string from an Excel file, why do you need Selenium, and Google?

Hi,

"I just don't understand why i got an URL linked error."

Because you place the value "Test" into the variable $data and then tell the Selenium Driver to get it.

Hope this helps!

Thanks lnickt

indeed. in fact i forgot to delete a line.. I am beginner in Perl and i am coding in parallel in Java. Sometimes it doesn't help to see clearly the things

Thanks for the support. Appreciated