pythojn/xpath question...

hi... using libxml2dom as the xpath lib i've got a situation where i can have: foo=a.xpath( /html/body/table[2]/tr[45]/td) and i can get 11 as the number of returned td elements for the 45th row... this is as it should be. however, if i do: foo=a.xpath( /html/body/table[2]/tr) and then try

Re: pythojn/xpath question...

bruce schrieb: hi... using libxml2dom as the xpath lib i've got a situation where i can have: foo=a.xpath( /html/body/table[2]/tr[45]/td) and i can get 11 as the number of returned td elements for the 45th row... this is as it should be. however, if i do: foo=a.xpath(

Re: python/xpath question..

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 of nodes

Re: python/xpath question..

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 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

python/xpath question..

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

Re: [wwwsearch-general] python/xpath question..

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 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python/xpath question..

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 the number

python XPATH question - mechanize/libxml2dom

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

python - firefox dom/xpath question/issue

Hi. Got a test web page, that basically has two html tags in it. Examining the page via Firefox/Dom Inspector, I can create a test xpath query /html/body/form which gets the target form for the test. The issue comes when I examine the page's source html. It looks like: html body /body /html

Re: python - firefox dom/xpath question/issue

bruce schrieb: Hi. Got a test web page, that basically has two html tags in it. Examining the page via Firefox/Dom Inspector, I can create a test xpath query /html/body/form which gets the target form for the test. The issue comes when I examine the page's source html. It looks like: html body

Re: python/xpath question...

(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

Re: python/xpath question...

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? nit There's no sibling axis in XPath. I'm sure you meant following-sibling and/or

Re: xpath question...

bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i have the following section of test code where i'm trying to get the attribute of a frame frame src= i'm trying to print/get the src value. the xpath query that i have displays the src attribute in the Xpather/Firefox plugin. however, i can't quite

xpath question...

hi... i have the following section of test code where i'm trying to get the attribute of a frame frame src= i'm trying to print/get the src value. the xpath query that i have displays the src attribute in the Xpather/Firefox plugin. however, i can't quite figure out how to get the

python/xpath question...

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

Re: python/xpath question...

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 want to

Re: xpath question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bruce wrote: is there anyone with XPath expertise here? i'm trying to figure out if there's a way to use regex expressions with an xpath query? i've seen references to the ability to use regex and xpath/xml, but i'm not sure how to do it... i have a situation where

Re: xpath question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bruce wrote: is there anyone with XPath expertise here? i'm trying to figure out if there's a way to use regex expressions with an xpath query? i've seen references to the ability to use regex and xpath/xml, but i'm not sure how to do it... i have a situation

RE: xpath question

hi is there anyone with XPath expertise here? i'm trying to figure out if there's a way to use regex expressions with an xpath query? i've seen references to the ability to use regex and xpath/xml, but i'm not sure how to do it... i have a situation where i have something like:

Re: xpath question

bruce wrote: hi is there anyone with XPath expertise here? i'm trying to figure out if there's a way to use regex expressions with an xpath query? i've seen references to the ability to use regex and xpath/xml, but i'm not sure how to do it... i have a situation where i have something

RE: xpath question

Subject: Re: xpath question bruce wrote: hi is there anyone with XPath expertise here? i'm trying to figure out if there's a way to use regex expressions with an xpath query? i've seen references to the ability to use regex and xpath/xml, but i'm not sure how to do it... i have a situation

Re: xpath question

bruce wrote: simon.. you may not.. but lot's of people use python and xpath for html/xml functionality.. check google python xpath... later.. ... i have a situation where i have something like: /html/table//[EMAIL PROTECTED]'foo'] is it possible to do soomething like [EMAIL

Re: xpath question

bruce wrote: is there anyone with XPath expertise here? i'm trying to figure out if there's a way to use regex expressions with an xpath query? i've seen references to the ability to use regex and xpath/xml, but i'm not sure how to do it... i have a situation where i have something like: