Hi I am just a python enthusiast and not a python user but was just wundering why didnt the list members come up with or recommen XPATH based solution which i think is very elegant for this type of a problem isnt it ?
regards Hrishy --- On Wed, 25/2/09, Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: XML Parsing > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Wednesday, 25 February, 2009, 5:43 AM > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:50:20 -0800, Girish wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have a xml file which is as follows: > > > > <pids> > > <Parameter_Class> > > <Parameter > Id="pid_031605_093137_283"> > > > <Identifier>$0000</Identifier> > > <Type>PID</Type> > > <Signal><![CDATA[Parameter > Identifiers Supported - $01 > > to $20]]></Signal> > > <Description><![CDATA[This > PID indicates which > > legislated PIDs]]></Description> > > .............. > > ............... > > > > Can anyone please tell me how to get content of > <Signal> tag.. that is, > > how to extract the data "![CDATA[Parameter > Identifiers Supported - $01 > > to $20]]" > > > > Thanks, > > Girish... > > The easy one is to use re module (Regular expression). > > # untested > import re > signal_pattern = > re.compile('<Signal>(.*)</Signal>') > signals = signal_pattern.findall(xmlstring) > > also, you may also use the xml module, which will be more > reliable if you > have data like this: <foo > attr="<Signal>blooo</Signal>">blah</foo>, > > >>> import xml.dom.minidom > >>> xmldata = > xml.dom.minidom.parse(open('myfile.xml')) > >>> for node in > xmldata.getElementsByTagName('Signal'): print > node.toxml() > ... > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list