XML to dictionary?

[Randall Hopper]

Matt Gushee:
 |from pyxie import File2PYX    # PYX is the notation pyxie uses for
 |import string		      # parsed XML
 |
 |f = File2PYX('hithere.xml')
 |data = f.read()
 |f.close()
 |data = string.split(data)
 |
 |dict = {}
 |for line in data:
 |    if line[0] = '(':         # '(' at the beginning of the line in 
 |			      # PYX indicates an element

Pyxie is a good tool.  But just to pick nits, using string.split isn't safe
with Pyxie output.  :-)

Consider:

    <?xml version = "1.0"?>
    <Greeting>
    Wishing You A Merry Christmas!
    From all of us (here at the White House)
    Author: --Unknown
    </Greeting>

string.split gives you a new start tag, attribute, and text element you
didn't know you had ;-)

-- 
Randall Hopper
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