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create some XML programmatically
Given the following CSV:
bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50
Produce the equivalent information in XML, e.g.:
<shopping>
<item name=
<item name=
</shopping>
python
python python 2.5+
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bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50
Produce the equivalent information in XML, e.g.:
<shopping>
<item name=
"bread" quantity="3" price="2.50" />
<item name=
"milk" quantity="2" price="3.50" />
</shopping>
from xml.dom import minidom
csv = """bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50"""
doc = minidom.Document()
shopping = doc.createElement("shopping")
for line in csv.split("\n"):
name, quantity, price = line.split(",")
el = doc.createElement("item")
el.setAttribute("name", name)
el.setAttribute("quantity", quantity)
el.setAttribute("price", price)
shopping.appendChild(el)
print shopping.toprettyxml()
csv = """bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50"""
doc = minidom.Document()
shopping = doc.createElement("shopping")
for line in csv.split("\n"):
name, quantity, price = line.split(",")
el = doc.createElement("item")
el.setAttribute("name", name)
el.setAttribute("quantity", quantity)
el.setAttribute("price", price)
shopping.appendChild(el)
print shopping.toprettyxml()
from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element, SubElement, tostring
csv = """bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50"""
root = Element('shopping')
for line in csv.split("\n"):
name, quantity, price = line.split(",")
SubElement(root,'item', {'name' : name,
'quantity' : quantity,
'price' : price })
print tostring(root)
csv = """bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50"""
root = Element('shopping')
for line in csv.split("\n"):
name, quantity, price = line.split(",")
SubElement(root,'item', {'name' : name,
'quantity' : quantity,
'price' : price })
print tostring(root)
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