Re: ElementTree Issue - Search and remove elements

2012-10-17 Thread Stefan Behnel
Alain Ketterlin, 17.10.2012 08:25: > It looks like you can't get the parent of an Element with elementtree (I > would love to be proven wrong on this). No, that's by design. ElementTree allows you to reuse subtrees in a document, for example, which wouldn't work if you enforced a single parent. Al

Re: ElementTree Issue - Search and remove elements

2012-10-16 Thread Alain Ketterlin
Tharanga Abeyseela writes: > I need to remove the parent node, if a particular match found. It looks like you can't get the parent of an Element with elementtree (I would love to be proven wrong on this). The solution is to find all nodes that have a Rating (grand-) child, and then test explici

Re: ElementTree Issue - Search and remove elements

2012-10-16 Thread Stefan Behnel
Hi, note that it's best to reply to responses you get, rather than starting a new thread on the same topic. It helps in building up context and in keeping details together at one point in the archive for users who run into similar problems later. Tharanga Abeyseela, 17.10.2012 07:47: > I need to