Try this page: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-xml.sax.saxutils.html
I've just tried the code, taking out the  , and adding in the belo, as the XML is not well formed, otherwise. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-15"?> The code then works. HTH J Gregory Piñero wrote: > Should I try some sort of XML group instead? I'm still stuck on this. > > -Greg > > > On 10/25/05, *Gregory Piñero* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I was hoping some XML expert could help me make this code work. > Below is sample code with sample XML similar to what I'm dealing with. > > How can I make the weird characters in the XML not break the > parser? I'll do anything to make this work! > > (Note: the broke my parser yesterday but doesn't seem to in > this sample code) But really I'm looking for solutions that will > handles lots > of unusual characters. > > Much thanks, > > Greg > > > <code> > from xml.dom.minidom import parseString > data=""" > <blog> > <post> > This is sample problem text. £500.00 > </post> > </blog> > """ > myDOM=parseString(data) > </code> > > <error> > Traceback (most recent call last): > File > "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", > line 307, in RunScript > debugger.run(codeObject, __main__.__dict__, start_stepping=0) > File > "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\debugger\__init__.py", > line 60, in run > _GetCurrentDebugger().run(cmd, globals,locals, start_stepping) > File > "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\debugger\debugger.py", > line 631, in run > exec cmd in globals, locals > File "C:\Documents and Settings\Gregory\My Documents\Python\xml > help\xmlproc.py", line 9, in ? > myDOM=parseString(data) > File "C:\Python23\lib\xml\dom\minidom.py", line 1929, in parseString > return expatbuilder.parseString(string) > File "C:\Python23\lib\xml\dom\expatbuilder.py", line 940, in > parseString > return builder.parseString(string) > File "C:\Python23\lib\xml\dom\expatbuilder.py", line 223, in > parseString > parser.Parse(string, True) > ExpatError: undefined entity: line 4, column 29 > </error> > > > > -- > Gregory Piñero > Chief Innovation Officer > Blended Technologies > (www.blendedtechnologies.com <http://www.blendedtechnologies.com>) > > > > > -- > Gregory Piñero > Chief Innovation Officer > Blended Technologies > (www.blendedtechnologies.com <http://www.blendedtechnologies.com>) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
