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Posts in the Python category

How to check all files and find a file type in all directories in Python

Category: Python     Tag: Linux   Python  
By: David     On: Thu 06 August 2015     
Going through all the directories to find the path of a specific type of file is easy in Python. This helps with mass processing files.

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How to check tag exists when parsing XML in Python

Category: Python     Tag: Coding   Errors   Python   XML  
By: David     On: Tue 28 July 2015     
When using Python minidom to parse XML it is easy to encounter an "IndexError: list index out of range" if the tag does not exit. An easy fix is to check the size of "doc.getElementsByTagName".
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