XML - attributes query

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> "Newt" <newt_e at blueyonder.co.uk> (N) wrote:

N> Hi all,
N> I'm trying to use the following code fragment tp pick up some attributes
N> from an XML element.

N> doc = xml.dom.minidom.parse("gard_skills_ele.xml")

N> for s in doc.getElementsByTagName("skill"):
N>     print s.childNodes.length
N>     for c in s.childNodes:
N>         print "--> " + c.nodeName
N>     print "--> Has " + str(s.attributes.length) + " attributes"
N>     print str(s.attributes.getNamedItem("name"))

N> The xml input file looks like:

N> <xml>
N> <skill name="Art" points="1" />
N> <skill name="Calligraphy" points="1" />
N> <skill name="Ettiquette" points="1" />
N> </xml>

N> When I run the code, I get the following error:

N> Traceback (most recent call last):
N>   File "D:\py_stuff\test_xml.py", line 22, in ?
N>     print str(s.attributes.getNamedItem("name"))
N> AttributeError: NamedNodeMap instance has no attribute 'getNamedItem'

N> The book I'm using (Python and XML) says that NamedNodeMap does support
N> getNamedItem.
N> Has anyone tried to use this?

Your examples works with Python 2.2 and 2.3a2.

--> Has 2 attributes
<xml.dom.minidom.Attr instance at 0x35f360>
0
--> Has 2 attributes
<xml.dom.minidom.Attr instance at 0x35ff70>
0
--> Has 2 attributes
<xml.dom.minidom.Attr instance at 0x360af0>

With the last line changed into:
    print str(s.attributes.getNamedItem("name").nodeValue)

--> Has 2 attributes
Art
0
--> Has 2 attributes
Calligraphy
0
--> Has 2 attributes
Ettiquette
[sic!]
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