XML to dictionary?

[Matt Gushee]

Randall Hopper writes:
 > Matt Gushee:

 >  |data = string.split(data)
 >  |
 >  |dict = {}
 >  |for line in data:
 >  |    if line[0] = '(':         # '(' at the beginning of the line in 
 >  |			      # PYX indicates an element
 > 
 > Pyxie is a good tool.  But just to pick nits, using string.split isn't safe
 > with Pyxie output.  :-)
 > 
 > Consider:
 > 
 >     <?xml version = "1.0"?>
 >     <Greeting>
 >     Wishing You A Merry Christmas!
 >     From all of us (here at the White House)
 >     Author: --Unknown
 >     </Greeting>
 > 
 > string.split gives you a new start tag, attribute, and text element you
 > didn't know you had ;-)

Ah. I see what you mean. Well, how about:

data = string.split(data, "\n")

Matt Gushee