Python 2.6.1 : expected path separator ([)

Question

I am getting a path separator error in python 2.6.1. I have not found this issue with python 2.7.2 version, but unfortunately I need this in 2.6.1 only. Is there any another way

Answer 1

You are using an XPath expression, that is not supported by the ElementTree version included in Python 2.6. You'll need to filter for the attribute manually, after a .findall():

def final_xml(self,username):
    users = self.root.findall("user")
    for user in users:
        if user.attrib.get('username') == 'user1':
            break
    else:
        raise ValueError('No such user')

    # `user` is now set to the correct element
    self.root.remove(user)
    print user
    tree = ET.ElementTree(self.root)
    tree.write("msl.xml")