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June 30th, 2004, 04:20 PM
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How to remove blank-lines in a xml-file before parsing!
Hi,
I am trying to parse an xml-file using minidom.parse method.
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July 1st, 2004, 01:56 PM
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Probably the best way to do this would be to iterate though the file and write only the none-blank lines to a temporary file, then pass the name of this temporary files (or the file object itself) the the parse() method.
This can be done as easily as this: Code:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os, random
#Create a random name for the temp file.
path = random.sample(5, 'temporary_file')
#Create a new temp file to write to.
temp = file(path, 'w')
for line in file('base.xml'):
#Iterate over each line in the file and if the
#line is not blank then write it to the temp
#file.
if line.strip():
temp.write()
#close the temp file.
temp.close()
#...
#Parse the temp file using 'path' as the file name.
#...
#Finally remove the temp file.
os.remove(path)
Note: This has'nt been tested and is here to illustrate the idea only though it should work. But you can also create temporary files using the tempnam() function is the os module, or by using the tempfile module though it is just as simple to use random in this case. http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/lib...e-tempfile.html http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/lib/module-os.html http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/lib/module-random.html Infact it would not be hard at all to create a temporary file object that could be increadably easy to use  .Have fun, Mark. Last edited by netytan : July 1st, 2004 at 01:58 PM.
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July 2nd, 2004, 01:48 AM
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The disadvangage of this is that you're reading the whole file into to memory and preforming an action on it. If the file is large then this isn't going to be a good thing. For small files it fine
but use file itorators where possiable. In this case you can also avoid the (slight) overhead of importing and using regex.Why not just make changes to the XML file? Surly, if its not bing treated as valid XML then you want to make it so. So You could write the none blank lines back into the original file and be done with it .Take care, Mark. Last edited by netytan : July 2nd, 2004 at 01:53 AM.
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