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TypeError: Failed to execute 'evaluate' on 'Document': The result is not a node set, and therefore cannot be converted to the desired type

I need to find elements on a page by looking for text(), so I use xlsx as a database with all the texts that will be searched.
It turns out that it is showing the error reported in the title of the publication, this is my code:
search_num = str("'//a[contains(text()," + '"' + row[1] + '")' + "]'")
print(search_num)
xPathnum = self.chrome.find_element(By.XPATH, search_num)
print(xPathnum.get_attribute("id"))
print(search_num) returns = '//a[contains(text(),"0027341-66.2323.0124")]'
Does anyone know where I'm going wrong, despite having similar posts on the forum, none of them solved my problem. Grateful for the attention

Lot more quotes appear, Use python format() function to substitute the variable.
search_num ="//a[contains(text(),'{}')]".format(row[1])

Looks like you have extra quotes here
str("'//a[contains(text()," + '"' + row[1] + '")' + "]'")
Try changing to f"//a[contains(text(),'{row[1]}')]"

How to format a long string while following pylint rules?

I have a very simple problem that I have been unable to find the solution to, so I thought I'd try my "luck" here.
I have a string that is created using variables and static text altogether. It is as follows:
filename_gps = 'id' + str(trip_id) + '_gps_did' + did + '_start' + str(trip_start) + '_end' + str(trip_end) + '.json'
However my problem is that pylint is complaining about this string reprensentation as it is too long. And here is the problem. How would I format this string representation over multiple lines without it looking weird and still stay within the "rules" of pylint?
At one point I ended up having it looking like this, however that is incredible "ugly" to look at:
filename_gps = 'id' + str(
trip_id) + '_gps_did' + did + '_start' + str(
trip_start) + '_end' + str(
trip_end) + '.json'
I found that it would follow the "rules" of pylint if I formatted it like this:
filename_gps = 'id' + str(
trip_id) + '_gps_did' + did + '_start' + str(
trip_start) + '_end' + str(
trip_end) + '.json'
Which is much "prettier" to look at, but in case I didn't have the "str()" casts, how would I go about creating such a string?
I doubt that there is a difference between pylint for Python 2.x and 3.x, but if there is I am using Python 3.x.

Don't use so many str() calls. Use string formatting:
filename_gps = 'id{}_gps_did{}_start{}_end{}.json'.format(
trip_id, did, trip_start, trip_end)
If you do have a long expression with a lot of parts, you can create a longer logical line by using (...) parentheses:
filename_gps = (
'id' + str(trip_id) + '_gps_did' + did + '_start' +
str(trip_start) + '_end' + str(trip_end) + '.json')
This would work for breaking up a string you are using as a template in a formatting operation, too:
foo_bar = (
'This is a very long string with some {} formatting placeholders '
'that is broken across multiple logical lines. Note that there are '
'no "+" operators used, because Python auto-joins consecutive string '
'literals.'.format(spam))

Find the differences between nested dictionaries which contain lists

I want to extract the differences between two nested dictionaries and I want the result to include the full dictionary keypath. I have installed Python2.7 and DeepDiff, which appears to be the best option for what I am trying to achieve. I am trying to determine how to change the output of DeepDiff so it provides the full dictionary path and values rather than a set which I cannot index. Is there a better way to alter the output (rather than converting the output back to a dictionary)?
Code:
from __future__ import print_function
from deepdiff import DeepDiff
knownAPs = {'WLC1': {'10.1.1.1': {'72.6': ['AP22', 'city'], '55.1': ['AP102', 'office']}}, 'WLC2': {'10.1.1.2': {}}}
discoveredAPs = {'WLC1': {'10.1.1.1': {}}, 'WLC2': {'10.1.1.2': {}}}
ddiff = DeepDiff(knownAPs, discoveredAPs)
if 'dic_item_added' in ddiff.keys():
print('Item added to known: ' + str((ddiff['dic_item_added'])))
if 'dic_item_removed' in ddiff.keys():
DisAssociatedAPs = (list(list(ddiff['dic_item_removed'])))
for i in DisAssociatedAPs:
fullkeypath = (str(i).strip('root'))
ControllerName = (fullkeypath[0])
ControllerIP = (fullkeypath[1])
AccessPointIndex = (fullkeypath[2])
print('AP: ' + str(knownAPs + fullkeypath) + ' on controller: ' + str(ControllerName) + ' was removed from the known database')
if 'values_changed' in ddiff.keys():
print('Item changed: ' + str((ddiff['values_changed'])))
Output
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/xxx/testdic4.py", line 15, in <module>
print('AP: ' + str(knownAPs + fullkeypath) + ' on controller: ' + str(ControllerName) + ' was removed from the known database')
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'dict' and 'str'
Process finished with exit code 1
Preferred Output
AP: ['AP22', 'city'] on controller: ['WLC1'] was removed from the known database
AP: ['AP102', 'office'] on controller: ['WLC1'] was removed from the known database

The issue is exactly what the traceback tells you: you are trying to add a dictionary to a string, which is of course not what you want. Specifically, when you add knownAPs (type dict) to fullkeypath (type str) you get an error, because dict doesn't know how to add itself to a str.
But that doesn't answer your more general question of how to output the diffs in a way you want. Try this:
diffs = deepdiff.DeepDiff(knownAPs, discoveredAPs)
def get_value_from_string(d, s):
s = list(filter(None, (piece[2:-1] for piece in s.split(']'))))
for piece in s:
d = d[piece]
return d
if 'dic_item_removed' in diffs:
for item in diffs['dic_item_removed']:
item = item.strip('root')
base = item[2:item.find(']') - 1]
print('AP:', get_value_from_string(knownAPs, item),
'on controller: \'' + base + '\' was removed from the known '
'database')

Writing multiple values in a text file using python

I want to write mulitiple values in a text file using python.
I wrote the following line in my code:
text_file.write("sA" + str(chart_count) + ".Name = " + str(State_name.groups())[2:-3] + "\n")
Note: State_name.groups() is a regex captured word. So it is captured as a tuple and to remove the ( ) brackets from the tuple I have used string slicing.
Now the output comes as:
sA0.Name = GLASS_OPEN
No problem here
But I want the output to be like this:
sA0.Name = 'GLASS_HATCH_OPENED_PROTECTION_FCT'
I want the variable value to be enclosed inside the single quotes.

Does this work for you?
text_file.write("sA" + str(chart_count) + ".Name = '" + str(State_name.groups())[2:-3] + "'\n")
# ^single quote here and here^

Reading data from Excel sheets and building SQL statements, writing to output file in Python

I have an excel book with a couple of sheets. Each sheet has two columns with PersonID and LegacyID. We are basically trying to update some records in the database based on personid. This is relatively easy to do TSQL and I might even be able to get it done pretty quick in powershell but since I have been trying to learn Python, I thought I would try this in Python. I used xlrd module and I was able to print update statements. below is my code:
import xlrd
book = xlrd.open_workbook('D:\Scripts\UpdateID01.xls')
sheet = book.sheet_by_index(0)
myList = []
for i in range(sheet.nrows):
myList.append(sheet.row_values(i))
outFile = open('D:\Scripts\update.txt', 'wb')
for i in myList:
outFile.write("\nUPDATE PERSON SET LegacyID = " + "'" + str(i[1]) + "'" + " WHERE personid = " + "'" + str(i[0])
+ "'")
Two problems - when I read the output file, I see the LegacyID printed as float. How do I get rid of .0 at the end of each id? Second problem, python doesn't print each update statement in a new line in the output text file. How to I format it?
Edit: Please ignore the format issue. It did print in new lines when I opened the output file in Notepad++. The float issue still remains.

Can you turn the LegacyID into ints ?
i[1] = int(i[1])
outFile.write("\nUPDATE PERSON SET LegacyID = " + "'" + str(i[1]) + "'" + " WHERE personid = " + "'" + str(i[0])
+ "'")

try this..
# use 'a' if you want to append in your text file
outFile = open(r'D:\Scripts\update.txt', 'a')
for i in myList:
outFile.write("\nUPDATE PERSON SET LegacyID = '%s' WHERE personid = '%s'" %( int(i[1]), str(i[0])))

Since you are learning Python (which is very laudable!) you should start reading about string formatting in the Python docs. This is the best place to start whenever you have a question light this.
Hint: You may want to convert the float items to integers using int().