Darsten and Stefan, Yeah, thank you very much! I actually found a good example at http://www.python.org/doc/2.4/lib/dom-example.html
Your input was also helpful, so now I have been able to "walk" through the XML and to retrieve the text strings I need: doc = parse(configfile); elems = doc.getElementsByTagName("Environment") for elem in elems: name = elem.getElementsByTagName("Name")[0]; if getText(name.childNodes) == "workspace": ... with getText as defined on the webpage referenced above. Kind regards, Dobedani http://www.python.org/doc/2.4/lib/dom-example.html On Aug 1, 2:26 pm, Stefan Behnel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > calm down, minidom is not easy to use, but it can solve your problem. > > Dobedani wrote: > > I guess I don't know where to look for the right information. I hope > > you guys can help me on the way. I want to retrieve a string from an > > XML-file. If Python were to have XPath available, my problem would be > > solved. The xquery string would be enough and I have already obtained > > that the string. The problem is that I cannot use any add-on - like > > xmllib, sax2 or elementtree - as my customers only have the so-called > > stock Python install - i.e. version 2.4.1. > > Too bad, that rules out lxml.etree (which has XPath and loads of other > goodies). > > > Please: where then can I find examples of such use? If I cannot use > > xpath, I would not mind to browse a bit - e.g. using functions like > > getElementByTag() but I don't even know how to use those. TIA > > Try one of these (I looked for "minidom example"): > > http://www.faqs.org/docs/diveintopython/kgp_parse.html > http://docs.python.org/lib/dom-example.html > http://www.cutthecrap.biz/software/whitepapers/minidom.html > > Maybe that helps? > > Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list