XML parsing with ElementTree produces wrong output

Question

I want to parse an XML file with ElementTree but at a certain tag the output is wrong

<descriptions>
<description descriptionType="Abstract">Some Abstract Text
</description>
</descriptions>

So I parse it with the XML function

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ElementTree
root = ElementTree.XML(my_xml)
root.getchildren()[0].items()

and the outcome is:

Out: [('descriptionType', 'Abstract')]

Is there any problem with the XML, I use ElementTree in a wrong way or it's a bug?

wrgrs · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-26 13:38:18Z

1

I guess you want to get the text. So:

root.getchildren()[0].text

not

root.getchildren()[0].items()

answered Feb 26, 2013 at 13:38

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d3m Over a year ago

yeah I realised that afterwards. thanx!

d3m Over a year ago

I answered the same thing before you :-/

wrgrs Over a year ago

Ha. My answer's better! But seriously, this isn't just for you, it's for other people reading the question later as well. So you could mark yours as correct if you like. Then everyone knows what the answer is. p.s. But you're right, I wanted the points. That's gamification: codinghorror.com/blog/2011/10/the-gamification.html

d3m · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-26 13:38:06Z

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It was just that if there are no tags its stored in the text attribute..

answered Feb 26, 2013 at 13:38

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