[Tutor] small ElementTree problem

[Alex Hall]

On 1/28/11, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:
> Alex Hall, 28.01.2011 14:09:
>> On 1/28/11, Stefan Behnel wrote:
>>> Alex Hall, 27.01.2011 23:23:
>>>>    self.id=root.find("id").text
>>>> self.name=root.find("name).text
>>>
>>> There's a findtext() method on Elements for this purpose.
>>>
>> I thought that was used to search for the text of an element? I want
>> to get the text, whatever it may be, not search for it. Or am I
>> misunderstanding the function?
>
> What do you think 'find()' does? Use the Source, Luke. ;)
Here is what I am thinking:
element.find("tagname"): returns an element with the tag name, the
first element with that name to be found. You can then use the usual
properties and methods on this element.
element.findtext("text"): returns the first element found that has a
value of "text". Take this example:
<root>
<a>some text</a>
</root>
Now you get the root, then call:
root.find("a") #returns the "a" element
root.findtext("some text") #also returns the "a" element
>
> Stefan
>
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