19 lines
839 B
Python
19 lines
839 B
Python
# Python has basic xml parsing built in
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from xml.dom import minidom
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xmlfile = file("test3.xml") # load xml document from file
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xmldoc = minidom.parse(xmlfile).documentElement # parse from file stream or...
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xmldoc = minidom.parseString("<inventory title="OmniCorp Store #45x10^3">...</inventory>").documentElement # alternatively, parse a string
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# 1st Task: Retrieve the first "item" element
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i = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName("item") # get a list of all "item" tags
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firstItemElement = i[0] # get the first element
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# 2nd task: Perform an action on each "price" element (print it out)
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for j in xmldoc.getElementsByTagName("price"): # get a list of all "price" tags
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print j.childNodes[0].data # XML Element . TextNode . data of textnode
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# 3rd Task: Get an array of all the "name" elements
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namesArray = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName("name")
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