Stefan Behnel wrote:
> Yes, learn to use XPath, e.g.
>
> //tr/td[not string()]
Oh, well...
//tr/td[not(string())]
as I said, wrong news group. ;-)
Try something like "gmane.text.xml.xpath.general", for example.
Stefan
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Hi,
you should really read about XPath. There are also newsgroups specifically for
this topic, please use them.
bruce wrote:
> in my python, i'm using the xpath function to iterate/parse some html. i can
> do something like
>
> s=d.xpath("//tr/td/text()")
> count=len(s)
>
> and get the number
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 13:36 -0700, bruce wrote:
> morning
>
> i apologize up front as this is really more of an xpath question..
>
> in my python, i'm using the xpath function to iterate/parse some html. i can
> do something like
>
> s=d.xpath("//tr/td/text()")
> count=len(s)
>
> and get th
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, bruce wrote:
[...]
and get the number of total nodes...
by subtracting, i can get the number of nodes, without text.. is there an
easier way??!!
[...]
Yes -- don't use XPath :-)
John
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morning
i apologize up front as this is really more of an xpath question..
in my python, i'm using the xpath function to iterate/parse some html. i can
do something like
s=d.xpath("//tr/td/text()")
count=len(s)
and get the number of nodes that have text
i can then do something like
s=d.xpa
hi...
i can use an xpath query to create a node from an html/dom representation.
however, if i have a node, is there a way to generate an xpath query from
the node.
in testing with firefox/dom inspector, i can use "ancestor::*", but i can't
determine where/how to implement this using mechanize/li
Stefan Behnel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> I'm not quite sure how this is supposed to be related to Python, but if you're
> trying to find a sibling, what about using the "sibling" axis in XPath?
There's no "sibling" axis in XPath. I'm sure you meant
"following-sibling" and/or "preceding-
(Damn gmane's authorizor, I think I lost four postings because the
auth messages went to my work email address (and I thought the
authorization was supposed to be one-time only per group anyway??). I
deleted them as spam since I hadn't posted from there for days :-(
Grrr. At least I could reconst
bruce wrote:
> for guys with python/xpath expertise..
>
> i'm playing with xpath.. and i'm trying to solve an issue...
>
> i have the following kind of situation where i'm trying to get certain data.
>
> i have a bunch of tr/td...
>
> i can create an xpath, that gets me all of the tr.. i only w
for guys with python/xpath expertise..
i'm playing with xpath.. and i'm trying to solve an issue...
i have the following kind of situation where i'm trying to get certain data.
i have a bunch of tr/td...
i can create an xpath, that gets me all of the tr.. i only want to get the
sibling tr up un
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