Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.011 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'else:': 0.03; 'root': 0.04; '#print': 0.09; 'iterate': 0.09; 'elt': 0.16; 'found"': 0.16; 'here..': 0.16; 'subject:remove': 0.16; 'subject:Issue': 0.17; 'thanks,': 0.18; 'import': 0.21; 'values': 0.26; 'checking': 0.27; 'tree': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'parent': 0.29; 'url:06': 0.29; 'this.': 0.29; 'stuff': 0.30; 'file': 0.32; 'print': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'thanks': 0.34; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'remove': 0.61; 'here': 0.65; 'url:2011': 0.72; 'subject:Search': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=q8k9lu97PIIOqZhehxQk5HA+Iz+CZjmmaw+7Aq18Nmg=; b=gO01107x2I3KQ2giiyaJ/81Ju45sHDh8vMB46AHmjEmxPVYxvhpIjQIFdl5c1KQzK/ +Jc9nw/9yl5vHVERhjcU/nnKl32PRcwFKuHogii+302QOJZrItQjHP9zzZ7MK3rX2QxI 82v6FSCUIfGP0DDqM/Z1auHfw3YWIp9KtMskBztYhe0h111btOMiLf3BNRfwl0DA3OZR oDL1I0cFkyfdSI20JVSlr1a8Y/RC4wqt3naYXFr7opfwm38nixIKsS2uvI/HEI7Jb014 uoDRHxiTwnibWZwvyYEf9/AuLfJjEkX41y3xp1S9G+OSLhgo23yRCnDD8bRwRYg2fJEF QRbA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:19:06 +1100 Subject: re: ElementTree Issue - Search and remove elements From: Tharanga Abeyseela To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1350458350 news.xs4all.nl 6900 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46091 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31479 Thanks Stefan, i managed to iterate through the file like this. import elementtree.ElementTree as ET tree = ET.parse('test.xml') root = tree.getroot() walkAll = tree.getiterator() for elt in walkAll: #print elt.tag x = elt.tag if x == "{http://xxxx.xx.com/xxxx/2011/06/13/ingestion}Rating": if elt.text == "NC": print elt.text #### here i can see all my NC values else: print "not found" ####all other stuff are coming here.. but how should i remove the parent from the NC checking part? thanks, Tharanga