On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, ps python wrote:
> In my XML file some attributes have text within an element. I want to
> get that text. How can I do that.
Hello,
The problems you have don't have to do with the calls to gettext, but to
selecting namespaced nodes as with your previous questions. Let's look at
some of the code:
> >>> for m in
> tree.findall('//{org:hprd:dtd:hprdr2}proteinInteractor'):
> ... k = gettext(m)
> ... print k
> ...
The XML that you show us appears to use a different namespace than
'org:hprd:dtd:hprdr2':
######################################
<entrySet xmlns="net:sf:psidev:mi" ...
######################################
We should be using "net:sf:psidev:mi" rather than "org:hprd:dtd:hprdr2"
when we look for those XML elements. The first refers to the Proteomics
Standards Initiative, which is different than the one whose data you've
been working with earlier. So be a bit more aware of the role of
namespaces.
Anyway, your question was about getting at attributes. Have you looked at
the get() method of elements? There's documentation at:
http://effbot.org/zone/element.htm#attributes
Here's a small example:
######
>>> text = """<foo xmlns="some-prefix">
... <message>Hello world</message>
... <message name="attr1">This has attributes</message>
... </foo>"""
>>> from elementtree import ElementTree
>>> tree = ElementTree.fromstring(text)
>>> tree
<Element {some-prefix}foo at 81c976c>
>>>
>>> for msg in tree:
... if msg.get('name'):
... print msg.get('name')
... print msg.text
...
attr1
This has attributes
######
Good luck!
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