How to Not Load the Comments While Parsing Xml in Lxml
I Try to Parse Xml File in Python Using Lxml Like This: Objectify. Parse(Xmlpath, parserWithSchema) but Xml File May Contains Comments in Strange Places...
I try to parse XML file in Python using lxml like this:
objectify.parse(xmlPath, parserWithSchema)
but XML file may contains comments in strange places:
<root>
<text>Sam<!--comment-->ple text</text>
<!--comment-->
<float>1.2<!--comment-->3456</float>
</root>
It is a way to not load or delete comments before parsing?
1 Answer
Set remove_comments=True on the parser (documentation):
from lxml import etree, objectify
parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_comments=True)
tree = objectify.parse(xmlPath, parser=parser)
Or, using the makeparser() method:
parser = objectify.makeparser(remove_comments=True)
tree = objectify.parse(xmlPath, parser=parser)
Hope that helps.
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