Sayth Renshaw wrote: > In my file here I needed to traverse and modify the XML file I don't want > to restore it or put it in a new variable or other format I just want to > alter it and let it flow onto the list comprehensions as they were.
That looks like an arbitrary limitation to me. It's a bit like "I want to repair my car with this big hammer". > In particular here I am taking the id from race and putting it into the > children of each race called nomination. > > I have put a comment above the new code which is causing the difficulty. Your actual problem is drowned in too much source code. Can you restate it in English, optionally with a few small snippets of Python? It is not even clear what the code you provide should accomplish once it's running as desired. To give at least one code-related advice: You have a few repetitions of the following structure > meetattrs = ('id', 'venue', 'date', 'rail', 'weather', 'trackcondition') > meet = d('meeting') > meetdata = [[meet.eq(i).attr(x) > for x in meetattrs] for i in range(len(meet))] You should move the pieces into a function that works for meetings, clubs, races, and so on. Finally (If I am repeating myself so be it): the occurence of range(len(something)) in your code is a strong indication that you are not using Python the way Guido intended it. Iterate over the `something` directly whenever possible. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list