Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.040 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'root': 0.04; 'python': 0.09; 'subject:remove': 0.16; 'subject:Issue': 0.17; 'thanks,': 0.18; 'trying': 0.21; 'import': 0.21; 'error.': 0.21; 'skip:# 10': 0.27; 'tree': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; "i'm": 0.29; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'hi,': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'thanks': 0.34; 'path': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'child': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'subject::': 0.83; '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=eBSX2aPbg/4vNSY/aaA+JQe1ZDxetTxiOgaW5qRY7ck=; b=CwMXStG773qgHhDa82jylFRln7hxGqvKNJBppNuonatjHH66EZyd90JT9CY9Z5DvRD M0w7+3s8jY+vfPGCh4ZV0eKd1i7YJozsYFULSKIxuSqYvOWIgKzLdvamUBOT3gS7j7mC PmO3KBjzQlysPO5p0i63oKNlBj43AeT2nKS6bWrDijR/0oNBpT4fWQjbus0vW0AwZ9Ek 0RzGoKLvo3quNnkLL6wDTlKUNAkyaJ7DigGtTv4hGOJNFkQFD5YMtJG8NYrbEva/4Yeg 8+Em+pJ81yr2U+FuGSCw5qgTlbA+3gwqTWJEr0OZ+qd9LkhmuFjlEWFcyOFxWEA94J65 cgWA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:31:39 +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: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1350513108 news.xs4all.nl 6971 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38095 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31545 Hi, Thanks Alian, i was trying to use the following , but i got a path separator error. I'm using python 2.4.3. is there any otherway i can use this on 2.4.3 #!/usr/bin/env python import elementtree.ElementTree as ET tree = ET.parse('test.xml') root = tree.getroot() for child in root.findall(".//*[ParentalControl]"): x = child.find("ParentalControl/Rating").text if x == "NC": root.remove(child) Thanks, Tharanga