XML, Python and Maya 8.5

[greatPumpkin]

try the elementTree module, IIRC it's part of the standard library in python 2.5

[vScourge]

If you're after fairly specific pieces of data from the file, you may not need to actually parse the XML. You can use standard line-reading (with or without regular expressions) to get the job done. This is often faster and more memory-efficient than XML parsing.

Sometimes you really need to parse the XML, however, especially if you plan to write to it as well. For that, I usually use the minidom module, which (like elementtree) is part of the Python standard library.

I have examples of both approaches in the sample files from my "Python for Technical Artists" lecture, GDC 2008. The example scripts are in the "data mining" folder, and can be downloaded from our Volition GDC Archive (http://www.volition-inc.com/gdc).

Feel free to hit me with questions.

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