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# Select A Select By Selector

Generally when using Capybara to select from a `select` input, I reference it by its `name` which rails associates with the label:

```ruby
select("Charizard", from: "Pokemon")
```

However, not all forms are going to have a label paired with every `select` input. We don't want to let our test coverage suffer, so we are going to need a different way to select. Fortunately, Capybara allows us to chain `select` off a `find` like so:

```ruby
find('#pokemon_list').select('Charizard')
```