Hello,

While using the $mech->click function in WWW::Mechanize::Chrome, I frequently see the following warning:

Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/local/share/perl5/WWW/
+Mechanize/Chrome.pm line 1279.

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This error is generated from $mech->click lines like this:
$mech->click( { selector => '#dcrd-31 > div > div > div:nth-child(1)',
+ single => 1 } );

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or this:
$mech->click( { xpath => '//*[@id="dcrd-31"]/div/div/div[1]', single =
+> 1 } );

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Most of the time this line works fine:
$mech->click( { selector => '#signIn', single => 1 } );

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But occasionally, I get the "Use of uninitialized value..." warning from it as well (sometimes 2 successive warnings).

I'm guessing that a non-alphanumeric character in the ->click selector/xpath is throwing things off.

Do I need to escape certain characters or do I need to change the selector/xpath format or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Thanks much!

2018-09-05 Athanasius added code tags

In reply to WWW::Mechanize::Chrome ->click giving warning by lpowers

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