unexpected result using remove
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lxml |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I have a XML and need to remove a few types of tags. I used the iter method to check each element. I noticed if there is a nested element its child is also deleted. The following tag will not be deleted. For example as follows, the tag delete2 is a child of delete1 and both will be removed. The tag section can't be deleted for some reason. Is this a bug? Or did I miss something? Thanks.
# %%
from lxml import etree
# unexpected output when nested elements are deleted
xml_str = """
<spdoc>
<commentary>
<body>
<delete1>
<delete2>
</delete2>
</delete1>
<section name="delete">
</section>
</body>
</commentary>
</spdoc>
"""
root = etree.fromstrin
for element in root.iter():
is_remove = False
if element.tag == "delete1":
is_remove = True
if element.tag == "delete2":
is_remove = True
if element.tag == "section" and element.
is_remove = True
print(
if is_remove:
print(etree.
# the unexpected output is :
<Element spdoc at 0x103489680> False
<Element commentary at 0x103489640> False
<Element body at 0x1034b5540> False
<Element delete1 at 0x1037eb700> True
<Element delete2 at 0x1037eba40> True
<spdoc>
<commentary>
<body>
<section name="delete">
</section>
</body>
</commentary>
</spdoc>
Versions:
Python : sys.version_
lxml.etree : (5, 1, 0, 0)
libxml used : (2, 12, 3)
libxml compiled : (2, 12, 3)
libxslt used : (1, 1, 39)
libxslt compiled : (1, 1, 39)
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