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    <p>I am looking to edit XML files using python. I want to find and replace keywords in the tags. In the past, a co-worker had set up template XML files and used a "find and replace" program to replace these key words. I want to use python to find and replace these key words with values. I have been teaching myself the Elementtree module, but I am having trouble trying to do a find and replace. I have attached a snid-bit of my XML file. You will seen some variables surrounded by % (ie %SITEDESCR%) These are the words I want to replace and then save the XML to a new file. Any help or suggestions would be great.</p> <p>Thanks, Mike</p> <pre><code>&lt;metadata&gt; &lt;idinfo&gt; &lt;citation&gt; &lt;citeinfo&gt; &lt;origin&gt;My Company&lt;/origin&gt; &lt;pubdate&gt;05/04/2009&lt;/pubdate&gt; &lt;title&gt;POLYGONS&lt;/title&gt; &lt;geoform&gt;vector digital data&lt;/geoform&gt; &lt;onlink&gt;\\C$\ArcGISDevelopment\Geodatabase\PDA_STD_05_25_2009.gdb&lt;/onlink&gt; &lt;/citeinfo&gt; &lt;/citation&gt; &lt;descript&gt; &lt;abstract&gt;This dataset represents the mapped polygons developed from the field data for the %SITEDESCR%.&lt;/abstract&gt; &lt;purpose&gt;This dataset was created to accompany some stuff.&lt;/purpose&gt; &lt;/descript&gt; &lt;timeperd&gt; &lt;timeinfo&gt; &lt;rngdates&gt; &lt;begdate&gt;%begdate%&lt;/begdate&gt; &lt;begtime&gt;unknown&lt;/begtime&gt; &lt;enddate&gt;%enddate%&lt;/enddate&gt; &lt;endtime&gt;unknown&lt;/endtime&gt; &lt;/rngdates&gt; &lt;/timeinfo&gt; &lt;current&gt;ground condition&lt;/current&gt; &lt;/timeperd&gt; </code></pre>
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    1. CO+1 to xml parser. I like lxml. `easy_install lxml`
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    2. COpossible duplicate of [Best cross platform XML parsers for Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/451057/best-cross-platform-xml-parsers-for-python)
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    3. COThanks for the response. I am fairly new to python, brand new to XML and this is my first post on Stack. Sometimes asking the right question is more difficult then finding the right answer.
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