NameError during python xml parsing

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>>> stringx
'<?xml version="1.0"?><data><country name="Liechtenstein"><rank>1</rank><year>2008</year><gdppc>141100</gdppc><neighbor name="Austria" direction="E"/><neighbor name="Switzerland" direction="W"/></country><country name="Singapore"><rank>4</rank><year>2011</year><gdppc>59900</gdppc><neighbor name="Malaysia" direction="N"/></country><country name="Panama"><rank>68</rank><year>2011</year><gdppc>13600</gdppc><neighbor name="Costa Rica" direction="W"/><neighbor name="Colombia" direction="E"/></country></data>'
>>>
>>>
>>> e = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(stringx)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'xml' is not defined

Can someone suggest what am I missing here? is it the xml code or the way I am trying to parse?

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Arpit Solanki
– Arpit Solanki

2017-07-03 19:47:27 +00:00
Commented Jul 3, 2017 at 19:47 — Arpit Solanki
– Arpit Solanki, Commented Jul 3, 2017 at 19:47

Scot Matson · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-10 19:06:28Z

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import xml.etree.ElementTree

Looks like you have forgotten this.

Reference the documentation for proper usage.

https://docs.python.org/2/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html

Edit: Thanks @mzjn. Your are correct. I was just passing by and notice OP forgot the import. Didn't actually try it out. Credit goes to you :)

edited Jul 10, 2017 at 19:06

answered Jul 3, 2017 at 19:48

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mzjn Over a year ago

Just adding import xml won't work. You have to do import xml.etree.ElementTree in order to use xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring() in the code.

Roma N · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-19 10:17:39Z

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python 3

from xml.etree import ElementTree
stringx='<?xml version="1.0"?><data><country name="Liechtenstein"><rank>1</rank><year>2008</year><gdppc>141100</gdppc><neighbor name="Austria" direction="E"/><neighbor name="Switzerland" direction="W"/></country><country name="Singapore"><rank>4</rank><year>2011</year><gdppc>59900</gdppc><neighbor name="Malaysia" direction="N"/></country><country name="Panama"><rank>68</rank><year>2011</year><gdppc>13600</gdppc><neighbor name="Costa Rica" direction="W"/><neighbor name="Colombia" direction="E"/></country></data>'
e = ElementTree.fromstring(stringx)
print(e) # <Element 'data' at 0x7f7e7a4cc1d8>

answered Apr 19, 2020 at 10:17

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DexJ · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-03 20:21:54Z

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seems like you are missing import!

from xml.etree import ElementTree

stringx='<?xml version="1.0"?><data><country name="Liechtenstein"><rank>1</rank><year>2008</year><gdppc>141100</gdppc><neighbor name="Austria" direction="E"/><neighbor name="Switzerland" direction="W"/></country><country name="Singapore"><rank>4</rank><year>2011</year><gdppc>59900</gdppc><neighbor name="Malaysia" direction="N"/></country><country name="Panama"><rank>68</rank><year>2011</year><gdppc>13600</gdppc><neighbor name="Costa Rica" direction="W"/><neighbor name="Colombia" direction="E"/></country></data>'

e = ElementTree.fromstring(stringx) #will wok fine!

answered Jul 3, 2017 at 20:21

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