Re: [xml] python xpath

[Jason Jesso <jesso1607 rogers com>]

I'm really new to python and especially libxml2.

> The node's 'content' (python) attribute will contain the actual text (if it
> is a text node).

Could you tell me how to do that?





On July 13, 2004 05:21 pm, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Jason Jesso wrote:
>  > flight = self.ctxt.xpathEval( "table/tr/td/a/text()" )
>  > print flight[0]
>  >
>  > I am evaluating this xpath expression using python's libxml2.
>  >
>  > How can I get the actual text data?  When I print the result set I get
>  > text node information, like the address and stuff.
>
> The node's 'content' (python) attribute will contain the actual text (if it
> is a text node).
>
> Daniel: it might indeed be convenient to return the content in the __str__
> attribute (for text nodes only, of course), thus returning the actual text
> if 'print node' is called.
>
> Regards,
>               Stefan
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