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Indents XML node in python
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def indent(elem, level=0): | |
"""Add whitespace to xml document to increase readability | |
elem - root element to start the indention at | |
level - start level of indention | |
""" | |
i = "\n" + level*" " | |
if len(elem): | |
if not elem.text or not elem.text.strip(): | |
elem.text = i + " " | |
if not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip(): | |
elem.tail = i | |
for elem in elem: | |
indent(elem, level+1) | |
if not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip(): | |
elem.tail = i | |
else: | |
if level and (not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip()): | |
elem.tail = i |
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