File Parsing and Editing Help

[Jay Vaughan]

> Meekly asking for some crawling advice so some day I might walk.


ADVICE, read carefully, FILES attached:

boko:mpxml j$ cat testdata.xml
<Parameter effectType="MultiTap" effectID="114" paramType="INT"
	paramID="35" default="0" minimum="0" maximum="8" precision="0" unit=""
	numVals="9" item0="QUAD-TAP" item1="PLEX DELAY" item2="PLEX DETUNE"
	item3="PLEX SHIFT" item4="BAND DELAY" item5="QUAD-SERIES" item6="TEN- 
TAPDLY" item7="RHYTHM TAP" item8="DIFFUSOR"></Parameter>


boko:mpxml j$ cat test.py
from xml.dom import minidom
xmldoc = minidom.parse('testdata.xml')
mp_params = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('Parameter')

for mp_param in mp_params:
	numval = mp_param.attributes["maximum"]

	for i in range(int(numval.value)):
		a = mp_param.attributes["item" + str(i)]
		print a.name
		a.value = a.value.title()
		print a.value
		print xmldoc.toprettyxml()
		
fp = open("newdata.xml", "w")
xmldoc.writexml(fp, "    ", "", "\n", "UTF-8")



boko:mpxml j$ python test.py
item0
Quad-Tap
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Parameter default="0" effectID="114" effectType="MultiTap"  
item0="Quad-Tap" item1="PLEX DELAY" item2="PLEX DETUNE" item3="PLEX  
SHIFT" item4="BAND DELAY" item5="QUAD-SERIES" item6="TEN-TAPDLY"  
item7="RHYTHM TAP" item8="DIFFUSOR" maximum="8" minimum="0"  
numVals="9" paramID="35" paramType="INT" precision="0" unit=""/>

item1
Plex Delay
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Parameter default="0" effectID="114" effectType="MultiTap"  
item0="Quad-Tap" item1="Plex Delay" item2="PLEX DETUNE" item3="PLEX  
SHIFT" item4="BAND DELAY" item5="QUAD-SERIES" item6="TEN-TAPDLY"  
item7="RHYTHM TAP" item8="DIFFUSOR" maximum="8" minimum="0"  
numVals="9" paramID="35" paramType="INT" precision="0" unit=""/>

item2
Plex Detune
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Parameter default="0" effectID="114" effectType="MultiTap"  
item0="Quad-Tap" item1="Plex Delay" item2="Plex Detune" item3="PLEX  
SHIFT" item4="BAND DELAY" item5="QUAD-SERIES" item6="TEN-TAPDLY"  
item7="RHYTHM TAP" item8="DIFFUSOR" maximum="8" minimum="0"  
numVals="9" paramID="35" paramType="INT" precision="0" unit=""/>

item3
Plex Shift
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Parameter default="0" effectID="114" effectType="MultiTap"  
item0="Quad-Tap" item1="Plex Delay" item2="Plex Detune" item3="Plex  
Shift" item4="BAND DELAY" item5="QUAD-SERIES" item6="TEN-TAPDLY"  
item7="RHYTHM TAP" item8="DIFFUSOR" maximum="8" minimum="0"  
numVals="9" paramID="35" paramType="INT" precision="0" unit=""/>

item4
Band Delay
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Parameter default="0" effectID="114" effectType="MultiTap"  
item0="Quad-Tap" item1="Plex Delay" item2="Plex Detune" item3="Plex  
Shift" item4="Band Delay" item5="QUAD-SERIES" item6="TEN-TAPDLY"  
item7="RHYTHM TAP" item8="DIFFUSOR" maximum="8" minimum="0"  
numVals="9" paramID="35" paramType="INT" precision="0" unit=""/>

item5
Quad-Series
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Parameter default="0" effectID="114" effectType="MultiTap"  
item0="Quad-Tap" item1="Plex Delay" item2="Plex Detune" item3="Plex  
Shift" item4="Band Delay" item5="Quad-Series" item6="TEN-TAPDLY"  
item7="RHYTHM TAP" item8="DIFFUSOR" maximum="8" minimum="0"  
numVals="9" paramID="35" paramType="INT" precision="0" unit=""/>

item6
Ten-Tapdly
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Parameter default="0" effectID="114" effectType="MultiTap"  
item0="Quad-Tap" item1="Plex Delay" item2="Plex Detune" item3="Plex  
Shift" item4="Band Delay" item5="Quad-Series" item6="Ten-Tapdly"  
item7="RHYTHM TAP" item8="DIFFUSOR" maximum="8" minimum="0"  
numVals="9" paramID="35" paramType="INT" precision="0" unit=""/>

item7
Rhythm Tap
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Parameter default="0" effectID="114" effectType="MultiTap"  
item0="Quad-Tap" item1="Plex Delay" item2="Plex Detune" item3="Plex  
Shift" item4="Band Delay" item5="Quad-Series" item6="Ten-Tapdly"  
item7="Rhythm Tap" item8="DIFFUSOR" maximum="8" minimum="0"  
numVals="9" paramID="35" paramType="INT" precision="0" unit=""/>

item8
Diffusor
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Parameter default="0" effectID="114" effectType="MultiTap"  
item0="Quad-Tap" item1="Plex Delay" item2="Plex Detune" item3="Plex  
Shift" item4="Band Delay" item5="Quad-Series" item6="Ten-Tapdly"  
item7="Rhythm Tap" item8="Diffusor" maximum="8" minimum="0"  
numVals="9" paramID="35" paramType="INT" precision="0" unit=""/>

boko:mpxml j$ cat newdata.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <Parameter default="0" effectID="114" effectType="MultiTap"  
item0="Quad-Tap" item1="Plex Delay" item2="Plex Detune" item3="Plex  
Shift" item4="Band Delay" item5="Quad-Series" item6="Ten-Tapdly"  
item7="Rhythm Tap" item8="Diffusor" maximum="8" minimum="0"  
numVals="9" paramID="35" paramType="INT" precision="0" unit=""/>


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Jay Vaughan