by using lxml...for example-: from lxml import etree
content = etree.iterparse( *name of the xml file*, events=('start', 'end')) for event, elem in content: if elem.tag == 'distance': print elem.text Hope it will work.................. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai < abpil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda <j...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > On 31-Jul-2011, at 11:33 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > > > > > A regex is the simplest IMHO, because you need not know the syntax of > the > > > minidom parser. > > > But, again i have seen this quiet often that lack of knowledge of > regexp > > has > > > led people to other solutions (the grapes are sour!) > > > > In the eternal words of Jamie Zawinski: > > > > """ > > Some people, when confronted with a problem, think > > “I know, I'll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems. > > """ > > > > http://regex.info/blog/2006-09-15/247 > > > > I had fun reading the following "quotes" :) > > “Give a man a regular expression and he’ll match a string… > teach him to make his own regular expressions and you’ve got a man with > problems.” > –me_da_clever_one > > “Give a man a regular expression and he’ll match a string… but by teaching > him how to create them, you’ve given him enough rope to hang himself” – > Andy > Hood > > > > > > Please resist the temptation to use regexps for XML, for down that path > > lies only pain. It always starts with "oh, only one token? Let me use a > > regex and get done with it," and soon enough you have a little forest of > > random-looking characters. > > > > Using regular expression to parse XML converts what is inherently > hierarchical data to linear, flat data. Therein lies all its problems. > > > > > > Kiran > > > > -- > > Kiran Jonnalagadda > > http://jace.zaiki.in/ > > http://hasgeek.in/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > > > -- > --Anand > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers