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ElementTree_pretty.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
#
# Copyright (c) 2010 Doug Hellmann. All rights reserved.
#
"""Pretty-print function for ElementTree
"""
#end_pymotw_header
from xml.etree import ElementTree
from xml.dom import minidom
def prettify(elem):
"""Return a pretty-printed XML string for the Element.
"""
rough_string = ElementTree.tostring(elem, 'utf-8')
reparsed = minidom.parseString(rough_string)
return reparsed.toprettyxml(indent=" ")
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