Kirt wrote: > i have walked a directory and have written the foll xml document. > one of the folder had "&" character so i replaced it by "&" > #------------------test1.xml > <Directory> > <dirname>C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\1\bye > w&y </dirname> > <file> > <name>def.txt</name> > <time>200607130417</time> > </file> > </Directory> > <Directory> > <dirname>C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\1\hii > wx</dirname> > <file> > <name>abc.txt</name> > <time>200607130415</time> > </file> > </Directory > > now in my python code i want to parse this doc and print the directory > name. > ###----------handler------------filename---handler.py > from xml.sax.handler import ContentHandler > class oldHandler(ContentHandler): > def __init__(self): > self.dn = 0 > def startElement(self, name, attrs): > if name=='dirname': > self.dn=1 > > def characters(self,str): > if self.dn: > print str
The problem is here. "print" adds a newline. Don't use print, just append the characters (to a string or list) until the endElement callback is called. > def endElement(self, name): > if name == 'dirname': > self.dn=0 > > > #--------------------------------------------------------------------- > #main code--- fname----art.py > import sys > from xml.sax import make_parser > from handlers import oldHandler > > ch = oldHandler() > saxparser = make_parser() > > saxparser.setContentHandler(ch) > saxparser.parse(sys.argv[1]) > #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > i run the code as: $python art.py test1.xml > > i am getting output as: > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\1\bye w > & > y > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\1\hii wx > > where as i need an output which should look like this. > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\1\bye w&y > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\1\hii wx > > Can someone tell me the solution for this. > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
