Re: Parsing XML file with Minidom has problem with cr/lf

> I am parsing an XML file with Python 2.6.5 minidom in Windows and it is
> mostly working but minidom seems to have problems dealing with Windows
> cr/lf characters. It creates an extra textnode that needs to be ignored
> instead of just returning the xml elements. I have tried different
> methods of opening the file but it doesn=92t seem to make a difference. It
> is happiest when reading a file in Unix format.
>
> *Wayne Peterson **|** Consultant
> Sierra Systems

Wayne,

It sounds to me like you're doing everything correctly.

- XML files are text files, and should be read as text.

- In the absence of a DTD, all whitespace is regarded as significant. =

Typically this means yes, there will be a text node between consecutive =

element nodes.

- The XML processor is required to return end-of-line as a single '\n', =

regardless of which OS or programming language.

If you are traversing every node, you'll need to explicitly ignore the =

text nodes. More usually you don't have to deal with them, because you =

know what nodes you're looking for and pick them out with =

GetElementsByTagName.


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