Here is how to click a link by text with Selenium WebDriver in Java using the built in WebDriver helper methods or by XPath:
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Click link by full text using Selenium WebDriver
WebElement linkByText = driver.findElement(By.linkText("My Link"));
linkByText.click();
Click link by partial text using Selenium WebDriver
WebElement linkByPartialText = driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("First"))
linkByPartialText.click();
Click link by text using XPath in Selenium WebDriver
WebElement linkByTextUsingXPath = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()='First']"));
linkByTextUsingXPath.click();
Click link by partial text using XPath in Selenium WebDriver
WebElement linkByPartialTextUsingXPath = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'ABC')]"));
linkByPartialTextUsingXPath.click();
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