strange output from Python 3 ElementTree

Question

I'm parsing a really simple .xml file with this snippet

import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
tree = etree.parse('/home/user/dummy.xml')
print(tree.getroot())

the output is

<Element 'doc' at 0x1d2f090>

which is correct, but I was expecting something cleaner and as simple as

doc

is this the normal output ? How I can clean this ?

I'm using Python 3.x

the dummy.xml file

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<doc>
    <branch name="testing" hash="1cdf045c">
        text,source
    </branch>
    <branch name="release01" hash="f200013e">
        <sub-branch name="subrelease01">
            xml,sgml
        </sub-branch>
    </branch>
    <branch name="invalid">
    </branch>
</doc>

kindall · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-01 05:14:14Z

1

Yes, that's the default output for an Element. If you want just the tag, try:

print(tree.getroot().tag)

answered Apr 1, 2013 at 5:14

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