python reading XML code example

Example 1: python file reading

fin = open("NAME.txt", 'r')
body = fin.read().split("\n")
line = fin.readline().strip()

Example 2: how to open xml file element tree

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

tree = ET.parse('filename.xml') #this gets the file into a tree structure
tree_root = tree.getroot() #this gives us the root element of the file