Have a look on: http://xml.com/pub/a/98/10/guide0.html?page=4#WELLFORMED
Explains it better then I can. J Gregory Piñero wrote: > What do you mean by well-formed? What is required to make XML well > formed? > > -Greg > > > On 10/26/05, *John Abel* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Try this page: > > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-xml.sax.saxutils.html > > I've just tried the code, taking out the  , and adding in the > belo, > as the XML is not well formed, otherwise. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-15"?> > > The code then works. > > HTH > > J > > Gregory Piñero wrote: > > > Should I try some sort of XML group instead? I'm still stuck on > this. > > > > -Greg > > > > > > On 10/25/05, *Gregory Piñero* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I was hoping some XML expert could help me make this code work. > > Below is sample code with sample XML similar to what I'm > dealing with. > > > > How can I make the weird characters in the XML not break the > > parser? I'll do anything to make this work! > > > > (Note: the broke my parser yesterday but doesn't seem > to in > > this sample code) But really I'm looking for solutions that > will > > handles lots > > of unusual characters. > > > > Much thanks, > > > > Greg > > > > > > <code> > > from xml.dom.minidom import parseString > > data=""" > > <blog> > > <post> > > This is sample problem text. £500.00 > > </post> > > </blog> > > """ > > myDOM=parseString(data) > > </code> > > > > <error> > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File > > > "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", > > line 307, in RunScript > > debugger.run(codeObject, __main__.__dict__, > start_stepping=0) > > File > > > "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\debugger\__init__.py", > > line 60, in run > > _GetCurrentDebugger().run(cmd, globals,locals, > start_stepping) > > File > > > "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\debugger\debugger.py", > > line 631, in run > > exec cmd in globals, locals > > File "C:\Documents and Settings\Gregory\My > Documents\Python\xml > > help\xmlproc.py", line 9, in ? > > myDOM=parseString(data) > > File "C:\Python23\lib\xml\dom\minidom.py", line 1929, in > parseString > > return expatbuilder.parseString (string) > > File "C:\Python23\lib\xml\dom\expatbuilder.py", line 940, in > > parseString > > return builder.parseString(string) > > File "C:\Python23\lib\xml\dom\expatbuilder.py", line 223, in > > parseString > > parser.Parse(string, True) > > ExpatError: undefined entity: line 4, column 29 > > </error> > > > > > > > > -- > > Gregory Piñero > > Chief Innovation Officer > > Blended Technologies > > (www.blendedtechnologies.com > <http://www.blendedtechnologies.com> > <http://www.blendedtechnologies.com > <http://www.blendedtechnologies.com>>) > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gregory Piñero > > Chief Innovation Officer > > Blended Technologies > > (www.blendedtechnologies.com > <http://www.blendedtechnologies.com> > <http://www.blendedtechnologies.com>) > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list> > > > > > -- > Gregory Piñero > Chief Innovation Officer > Blended Technologies > (www.blendedtechnologies.com <http://www.blendedtechnologies.com>) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
