Navigate to Content in XML

Demonstrates how to retrieve "Bears" from the following XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<sports>
    <baseball>
        <mlb>
            <chicago>Cubs</chicago>
            <new_york>Yankees</new_york>
        </mlb>
    </baseball>
    <football>
        <chicago>Bears</chicago>
        <new_york>Jets</new_york>
    </football>
    <basketball>
        <chicago>Bulls</chicago>
        <new_york>Knicks</new_york>
    </basketball>
</sports>

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import sys
import chilkat


xml = chilkat.CkXml()

#  Assume the XML is contained in the file: sports.xml

success = xml.LoadXmlFile("sports.xml")
if (success != True):
    print xml.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

# xml2 is a CkXml
xml2 = xml.GetChildWithTag("football")

# xml3 is a CkXml
xml3 = xml2.GetChildWithTag("chicago")

print xml3.content()