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| From | Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: xml.etree.ElementTree if element does not exist? |
| Date | 29 Apr 2013 12:29:52 GMT |
| Organization | Norwich University |
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On 2013-04-29, Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> wrote:
> find returns None when it doesn't find what you asked for. So you
> can't check the .text attribute right away unless you want an
> exception thrown. I deal with these annoyances like this:
>
> sepelem = content.find(".//{http://www.huawei.com.cn/schema/common/v2_1}sepid")
> if sepelem is not None:
> sepid = sepid.text
Oops. One edit too fiew. That line should of course be
sepid = sepelem.text
> else:
> sepid = ''
>
> The empty string works for my purposes. Your script might need
> something else.
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Neil Cerutti
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RE: xml.etree.ElementTree if element does not exist? Ombongi Moraa Fe <moraa.lovetakes2@gmail.com> - 2013-04-29 13:26 +0300
Re: xml.etree.ElementTree if element does not exist? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-04-29 12:25 +0000
Re: xml.etree.ElementTree if element does not exist? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-04-29 12:29 +0000
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