Parse XML with Attributes

Python XML script showing how to parse an XML document containing nodes with attributes.

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# file: xmlSimple5.py

import chilkat

# Python example to parse an XML document with attributes
xml = chilkat.CkXml()

# Parse this XML:
# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
# <employees>
# 	<employee age="43" sex="M" department="Operations">John Doe</employee>
# 	<employee age="31" sex="F" department="Accounts">Jane Doe</employee>
# 	<employee age="32" sex="M" department="Human Resources">Be Goode</employee> 
# </employees>
	
xml.LoadXmlFile("employees.xml")

# Find the node having a tag of "employee" and content of "John Doe"
emp = xml.SearchForContent(xml,"employee","John Doe")

# Print the values of the age and department attributes:
print "John is " + emp.attr("age") + " years old and works in " + emp.attr("department")