#!/usr/bin/env python from lxml.etree import iterparse def main(): doc = iterparse("../BIG_DATA/pubmed19n0001.xml", tag='PubmedArticle') # <1> for i, (event, element) in enumerate(doc, 1): # <2> article_title = element.findtext('.//ArticleTitle') # <3> year_completed = element.findtext('.//DateCompleted/Year') # <3> month_completed = element.findtext('.//DateCompleted/Month') # <3> clear_element(element) # <4> print("{}/{} {}".format(month_completed, year_completed, article_title[:70])) print("Total count: {}".format(i)) def clear_element(element): element.clear() # <5> while element.getprevious() is not None: # <6> del element.getparent()[0] # <7> if __name__ == '__main__': main()