ElementTree - findall to recursively select all child elements

Question

Python code:

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
root = ET.parse(\"h.xml\")
print root.findall(\'saybye\')

h.xml code:

Answer 1

From version 2.7 on, you can use xml.etree.ElementTree.Element.iter:

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
root = ET.parse("h.xml")
print root.iter('saybye')

See 19.7. xml.etree.ElementTree — The ElementTree XML API