python/python-xml-modifier/xml_modifier.py at master · 20143227LDJ/python

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import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

#pretty print method

def indent(elem, level=0):

i = "\n" + level*" "

j = "\n" + (level-1)*" "

if len(elem):

if not elem.text or not elem.text.strip():

elem.text = i + " "

if not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip():

elem.tail = i

for subelem in elem:

indent(subelem, level+1)

if not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip():

elem.tail = j

else:

if level and (not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip()):

elem.tail = j

return elem

tree = ET.parse('bookstore2.xml')

root = tree.getroot()

#update all price

for price in root.iter('price') 34C5 :

new_price = int(price.text) + 5

price.text = str(new_price)

price.set('updated', 'yes')

#write to file

tree = ET.ElementTree(indent(root))

tree.write('bookstore2.xml', xml_declaration=True, encoding='utf-8')

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