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import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET


    

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tree = ET.parse('country_data.xml')


    

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root = tree.getroot()


    

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root.tag


    

    
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'data'

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root.attrib


    

    
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{}

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for child in root:
    print child.tag, child.attrib


    

    




country {'name': 'Liechtenstein'}
country {'name': 'Singapore'}
country {'name': 'Panama'}

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root[0][1].text


    

    
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'2008'

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for neighbor in root.iter('neighbor'):
    print neighbor.attrib


    

    




{'direction': 'E', 'name': 'Austria'}
{'direction': 'W', 'name': 'Switzerland'}
{'direction': 'N', 'name': 'Malaysia'}
{'direction': 'W', 'name': 'Costa Rica'}
{'direction': 'E', 'name': 'Colombia'}

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for country in root.findall('country'):
    rank = country.find('rank').text
    name = country.get('name')
    print name, rank


    

    




Liechtenstein 1
Singapore 4
Panama 68

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