On Friday, July 1, 2016 at 2:06:28 PM UTC-4, John Gordon wrote: > In <3bbddafc-dcd6-4d5c-84f4-94077b5bc...@googlegroups.com> Basant Dagar > <dagar.basa...@gmail.com> writes: > > > def lookup(d, keyval): > > found = False > > for child in d: > > if found : return child.text > > if child.tag == 'key' and child.text == keyval : > > found = True > > return None > > > trackID = lookup(entry, 'Track ID') > > > Below is the main part of input xml file data, it passes to lookup function: > > > <key>Track ID</key><integer>369</integer> > > > what I don't get is. How in the world it returns value 369 for the variable > > 'trackID'?? > > It loops through the child items in entry, looking for one with a > 'key' value of 'Track ID'. If it finds one, it sets found=True and > loops one more time, returning the text of the *next* child element. > > It depends on the 'key' element being directly followed by the 'integer' > element within entry. > > -- > John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs > gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears > -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"
Awesome. Thank you John for the prompt response. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
