csv to XML converter crash and burn

[Julius Welby]

A very sensible suggestion. I'll keep it simple.

Thanks.

Julius

"Skip Montanaro" <skip at pobox.com> wrote in message
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> >>>>> "Julius" == Julius Welby <jwelby at waitrose.com> writes:
>
>     Julius> I just got all public spirited and posted this:
>     Julius> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66003
>
>     Julius> It's a module for transforming csv to XML. It works fine for
cvs
>     Julius> strings where no escaped commas or "" appear but.....
>
>     Julius> Unfortunately I now realise I didn't have a sufficient grasp
of
>     Julius> the csv format.
>
> Julius,
>
> You might want to take a look at Dave Cole's recently announced CSV
parser:
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=CSV&hl=en&group=comp.lang.python.*&safe=of
f&rnum=3&ic=1&selm=mailman.992813221.29993.clpa-moderators%40python.org
>
> Use that for parsing, then restrict your code to generating XML.
>
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