On 15 March 2011 01:21, Vinay Shastry <vinayshas...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 14 March 2011 17:21, Python User <python.user...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have a plist file, test.plist, All I want is read the scriptNO tag value >> 12345 and replace it with 67899. Can any one please help me out for >> this. The file content is >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//test//EN" " >> http://www.test.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";> >> <plist version="1.0"> >> <array> >> <dict> >> <key>command</key> >> <string>GetTestScriptData</string> >> <key>comments</key> >> <string>Get Test Script</string> >> <key>opParam</key> >> <dict> >> <key>scriptNO</key> >> <string>12345</string> >> <key>columnNames</key> >> <string>Test case</string> >> <key>fetchKey</key> >> <string>1</string> >> <key>fetchData</key> >> <string>1</string> >> </dict> >> </dict> >> </array> >> </plist> >> >> I was using the below code to read the plist file, but I am not able to >> search the scriptNo and replace it with other value. >> >> import plistlib >> file = ('/Users/me/Desktop/test.plist') >> plist = plistlib.readPlist(file) >> print plist >> >> Please help me out to solve this. Thanks In Advance. > > The answer is in your plist format itself. Everything is enclosed in > an array - which becomes a list in py. > > How about something like this: > > for key in plist: > if 'opParam' in key and 'scriptNO' in key['opParam']: > key['opParam']['scriptNO'] = 67899 > > plistlib.writePlist(plist, "mynewfile.plist") > > > Also, is there a reason why file is a tuple containing filename, and > not just a string? >
Oh, and your DTD is wrong. -- Vinay S Shastry _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
