Hi Something like this
<pids <Parameter_Class <ParameterId="pid_031605_093137_283" <Identifier$0000</Identifier <TypePID</Type <Signal<![CDATA[Parameter Identifiers Supported - $01 to $20]]</Signal <Description<![CDATA[This PID indicates which legislated PIDs]] </Description from elementtree.ElementTree import ElementTree doc = ElementTree(file='tst.xml') for e in mydata.findall('/pids//signal'): print e.get('title').text Note i am not a python programmer just a enthusiast and i was curious why people on the list didnt suggest a code like above willing to hear and learn from experienced python gurus regards Hrishy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list