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iterparse is used by XML parsers for tracking changes to the tree while it is being built

This tag is used in an XML parsing code. Usually iterparse builds a tree when parsing the XML. Also you can safely rearrange or remove parts of the tree while parsing.

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using underscore "_" in python iterparse

new to Python iterparse, what is the meaning of the underscore "_" in iterparse? for example: for _, element in ET.iterparse(file_in):
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Why are some elements of this OpenStreetMap tree being skipped by iterparse?

I have an OSM file that captures a small neighborhood. http://pastebin.com/xeWJsPeY I have Python code that does a lot of extra parsing, but an example of the main problem can be seen here: import xml.etree.cElementTree as CET osmfile =…
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Python: how to update the xml and save to a new xml file, with iterparse method reading and updating?

I'm able to print it out to the console, and it is the way I want it, but I can't seem to grasp on how to save it. The XML from the sample doesn't change. I'm using fairly big XML files and the iterparse function, as I believe is crucial. My…
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xml parsing not working correctly

I have an XML file of the structure as follows
text1 text2 text3
I used iterparser for parsing. But its not printing the data correctly. I am adding code here. from…
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python lxml iterparse fails on large files containing namespaces

I'm tryint to parse large file (>100mb) as described at http://effbot.org/zone/element-iterparse.htm#incremental-parsing But if file contains namespaces, lxml fails with error lxml.etree.XMLSyntaxError: Namespace default prefix was not found It…
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Iterparse returns empty iterable when parsing xml with a default namespace

I'm parsing an xml document using iterparse. from lxml import etree import tempfile content = """ g …
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XMLSyntax error while using iterparse

I am parsing a large XML file in Python. The relevant part of the large XML file is as follows :
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best practices for iterparse usage while keeping the context?

Following a question I asked on iterparse general usage (and its answer by J F Sebastian) I will reorganise my code to parse nessus XML result files. Quoting from the earlier question, the file structure is
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GAE Python LXML - XMLSyntaxError Specification mandate value for attribute object

I am using Google App Engine on Python and am trying to fetch a GZipped XML file and parse it with LXML's iterparse. I used the example from lxml.de to create the following code: import gzip, base64, StringIO from lxml import etree from…
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How to skip a node which raises an error when using cElementTree.iterparse()

I am trying to parse a very big XML file and do lower case and remove punctuation. The problem is that when I try to parse this file using the cET parse function for big files, at some point it comes across a bad formatted tag or character which…
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Can't iterate over children's children because of the subsequent .clear()?

I'm trying to use the pattern described in the "event-driven parsing" section of the lxml tutorial. In my code I'm calling a function that can recursively run on elements using the iterchildren() method. I'll just use two nested loop for…
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Getting subelements using lxml and iterparse

I am trying to write a parsing algorithm to efficiently pull data from an xml document. I am currently rolling through the document based on elements and children, but would like to use iterparse instead. One issue is that I have a list of elements…
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