bruce wrote: > i've got the following situation, with the following test url: > "http://schedule.psu.edu/soc/fall/Alloz/a-c/acctg.html#". > > i can generate a list of the tables i want for the courses on the page. > however, when i try to create the xpath query, and plug it into the xpath > within python, i'm missing something. if i have a parent xpath query, that > generates a list of results/nodes... how can i then use the individual > parent node, and trigger off of it, to get further information. [code example stripped]
You should really use lxml. It has callable XPath objects that feel like Python functions, and its Element objects have a getparent() method that gets you to the parent of the node. Plus, text strings that you get back from an XPath evaluation also have a getparent() method that returns the Element object that holds the text. I think that's what you were looking for. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list