On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:34:47 +0200, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > However, I got exactly the same problem: each time I use this function I > > just get a DOM Text node with a few white space (tabs and returns) in > > it. I guess this is the indentation in my source document? But why do I > > not get the propert element nodes? > > Welcome to the wonderful world of DOM, Where insignificant whitespace > becomes a first-class citizen! > > Use XPath. Really. It's well worth the effort, as it is suited for > exactly > the tasks you presented us, and allows for a concise formulation of > these. > Yours would be (untested) > > //section[id==$id_param]/node()[!name() == section] > > Yes, in fact:
//[EMAIL PROTECTED]//*[name()!='section'] would do the trick. I was trying to avoid using anything not in the standard Python distribution if I could help it; I need to be able to use my code on Linux, OS X and Windows. The xml.path package is from PyXML, yes? I'll just have to battle with installing PyXML on OS X ;-) Cheers, Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
