amadain <mfmdev...@gmail.com> writes: > On Jan 11, 7:26 pm, John Bokma <j...@castleamber.com> wrote: >> amadain <mfmdev...@gmail.com> writes:
>> > <event eventTimestamp="2009-12-18T08:22:49.035" >> > uniqueId="1261124569.35725_PFS_1_1340035961"> >> > <result value="Blocked"/> >> > <filters> >> > <filter code="338" type="Filter_Name"> >> > <diagnostic> >> > <result value="Triggered"/> >> > </diagnostic> >> > </filter> >> > <filter code="338" type="Filter_Name"> >> > <diagnostic> >> > <result value="Blocked"/> >> > </diagnostic> >> > </filter> >> > </filters> >> > </event> > how do I keep track? The first result value is outside a filters > section and the rest are. Do you mean something like: > > def startElement(self, name, attrs): > if name == 'event': > self.eventTime = attrs.get('eventTimestamp',"") > self.eventUniqueId = attrs.get('uniqueId', "") > if name == 'result': > self.resultValue = attrs.get('value',"") > if name == filters: > if name == 'result': > self.resultValueF = attrs.get('value',"") > return I was thinking about something like: self.filterIndex = 0 in startElement: if name == 'filter': self.filterIndex += 1 return if name == 'result' and self.filterIndex == 1: ... = attrs.get('value', '') in EndElement if name == 'filters': self.filterIndex = 0 If you want the result of the first filter in filters -- John Bokma Read my blog: http://johnbokma.com/ Hire me (Perl/Python): http://castleamber.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list