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#!/usr/bin/env python
'''Use etree navigation to extract planets from solar.xml'''
import lxml.etree as ET
def main():
'''Program entry point'''
doc = ET.parse('../DATA/solar.xml') # <1>
solar_system = doc.getroot() # <2>
print(solar_system)
print()
inner = solar_system.find('innerplanets') # <3>
print('Inner:')
for planet in inner: # <4>
if planet.tag == 'planet':
print('\t', planet.get("planetname", "NO NAME"))
outer = solar_system.find('outerplanets')
print('Outer:')
for planet in outer:
print('\t', planet.get("planetname"))
plutoids = solar_system.find('dwarfplanets')
print('Dwarf:')
for planet in plutoids:
print('\t', planet.get("planetname"))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()