--- Steven Bethard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rob Wolfe wrote:
> > Steve Howell wrote:
> >
> >> I suggested earlier that maybe we post multiple
> >> solutions. That makes me a little nervous, to
> the
> >> extent that it shows that the Python community
> has a
> >> hard time coming to consensus on tools sometimes.
> >
> > We agree that BeautifulSoup is the best for
> parsing HTML. :)
> >
> >> This is not a completely unfair knock on Python,
> >> although I think the reason multiple solutions
> tend to
> >> emerge for this type of thing is precisely due to
> the
> >> simplicity and power of the language itself.
> >>
> >> So I don't know. What about trying to agree on
> an XML
> >> parsing example instead?
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >
> > I vote for example with ElementTree (without
> xpath)
> > with a mention of using ElementSoup for invalid
> HTML.
>
> Sounds good to me. Maybe something like::
>
> import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
> dinner_recipe = '''
> <ingredients>
>
<ing><amt><qty>24</qty><unit>slices</unit></amt><item>baguette</item></ing>
>
<ing><amt><qty>2+</qty><unit>tbsp</unit></amt><item>olive_oil</item></ing>
>
<ing><amt><qty>1</qty><unit>cup</unit></amt><item>tomatoes</item></ing>
>
<ing><amt><qty>1-2</qty><unit>tbsp</unit></amt><item>garlic</item></ing>
>
<ing><amt><qty>1/2</qty><unit>cup</unit></amt><item>Parmesan</item></ing>
>
<ing><amt><qty>1</qty><unit>jar</unit></amt><item>pesto</item></ing>
> </ingredients>'''
> pantry = set(['olive oil', 'pesto'])
> tree = etree.fromstring(dinner_recipe)
> for item_elem in tree.getiterator('item'):
> if item_elem.text not in pantry:
> print item_elem.text
>
> Though I wouldn't know where to put the ElementSoup
> link in this one...
>
Whatever makes the most sense, please post it. Sorry
for not responding earlier.
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