xml

#coding=utf-8
try: 
  import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET 
except ImportError: 
  import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET 
import sys 
  
try: 
  tree = ET.parse("country.xml")     #打开xml文档 
  #root = ET.fromstring(country_string) #从字符串传递xml 
  root = tree.getroot()         #获得root节点  
except Exception, e: 
  print "Error:cannot parse file:country.xml."
  sys.exit(1) 
print root.tag, "---", root.attrib  
for child in root: 
  print child.tag, "---", child.attrib 
  
print "*"*10
print root[0][1].text   #通过下标访问 
print root[0].tag, root[0].text 
print "*"*10
  
for country in root.findall('country'): #找到root节点下的所有country节点 
  rank = country.find('rank').text   #子节点下节点rank的值 
  name = country.get('name')      #子节点下属性name的值 
  print name, rank 
     
#修改xml文件 
for country in root.findall('country'): 
  rank = int(country.find('rank').text) 
  if rank > 50: 
    root.remove(country) 
  

tree.write('output.xml') 

xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?> 
<data> 
  <country name="Singapore"> 
    <rank>4</rank> 
    <year>2011</year> 
    <gdppc>59900</gdppc> 
    <neighbor name="Malaysia" direction="N"/> 
  </country> 
  <country name="Panama"> 
    <rank>68</rank> 
    <year>2011</year> 
    <gdppc>13600</gdppc> 
    <neighbor name="Costa Rica" direction="W"/> 
    <neighbor name="Colombia" direction="E"/> 
  </country> 
</data>