In <[email protected]> Basant Dagar <[email protected]> writes:
> def lookup(d, keyval): > found = False > for child in d: > if found : return child.text > if child.tag == 'key' and child.text == keyval : > found = True > return None > trackID = lookup(entry, 'Track ID') > Below is the main part of input xml file data, it passes to lookup function: > <key>Track ID</key><integer>369</integer> > what I don't get is. How in the world it returns value 369 for the variable > 'trackID'?? It loops through the child items in entry, looking for one with a 'key' value of 'Track ID'. If it finds one, it sets found=True and loops one more time, returning the text of the *next* child element. It depends on the 'key' element being directly followed by the 'integer' element within entry. -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs [email protected] B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
