How to get span class text using jsoup - html

Question

I am using jsoup HTML parser and trying to travel into span class and get the text from it but Its returning nothing and its size always zero. I have pasted small part of HTML source . pls help me to extract the text.
<div class="list_carousel">
<div class="rightfloat arrow-position">
<a class="prev disabled" id="ucHome_prev" href="#"><span>prev</span></a>
<a class="next" id="ucHome_next" href="#"><span>next</span></a>
</div>
<div id="uc-container" class="carousel_wrapper">
<ul id="ucHome">
<li modelID="587">
<h3 class="margin-bottom10"> Ford Figo Aspire</h3>
<div class="border-dotted margin-bottom10"></div>
<div>Estimated Price: <span class="cw-sprite rupee-medium"></span> 5.50 - 7.50 lakhs</div>
<div class="border-dotted margin-top10"></div>
</li>
<li modelID="899">
<h3 class="margin-bottom10"> Chevrolet Trailblazer</h3>
<div class="border-dotted margin-bottom10"></div>
<div>Estimated Price: <span class="cw-sprite rupee-medium"></span> 32 - 40 lakhs</div>
<div class="border-dotted margin-top10"></div>
</li>
I have tried below code:
Elements var_1=doc.getElementsByClass("list_carousel");//four classes with name of list_carousel
Elements var_2=var_1.eq(1);//selecting first div class
Elements var_3 = var_2.select("> div > span[class=cw-sprite rupee-medium]");
System.out.println(var_3 .eq(0).text());//printing first result of span text
please ask me , if my content was not very clear to you. thanks in advance.

Answer 1

There are several things to note about your code:
A) you can't get the text of the span, since it has no text in the first place:
<div>Estimated Price:
<span class="cw-sprite rupee-medium"></span>
5.50 - 7.50 lakhs
</div>
See? The text is in the div, not the span!
B) Your selector "> div > span[class=cw-sprite rupee-medium]" is not really robust. Classes in HTML can occur in any order, so both
<span class="cw-sprite rupee-medium"></span>
<span class="rupee-medium cw-sprite"></span>
are the same. Your selector only picks up the first. This is why there is a class syntax in css, which you should use instead:
"> div > span.cw-sprite.rupee-medium"
Further you can leave out he first > if you like.
Proposed solution
Elements lcEl = doc.getElementsByClass("list_carousel").first();
Elements spans = lcEl.select("span.cw-sprite.rupee-medium");
for (Element span:spans){
Element priceDiv = span.parent();
System.out.println(priceDiv.getText());
}

Answer 2

Try
System.out.println(doc.select("#ucHome div:nth-child(3)").text());