On 18 Mar 2005 20:24:56 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From what I understand, this is how XML was standardized, in a sort of > hierarchical structure of infinite possibilities. The problem I'm > having with these structures is that I need to actively search through > each level for the item I want. All I really want to do is access one > or more elements at the same time and know where they are without > searching. > > What I'm looking to use are basic structures such as: > root.path > root.input.method > root.input.filename > root.output.filename
You should be using XPath (4suite has it) to get the parts that you want. A really quick intro is at http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2003/10/21/xpathRocks Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
