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diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst index d320711b656..cf0c33f55aa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst +++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst @@ -412,26 +412,17 @@ ElementTree Objects .. method:: find(match) - Finds the first toplevel element matching *match*. *match* may be a tag - name or path. Same as getroot().find(match). Returns the first matching - element, or ``None`` if no element was found. + Same as :meth:`Element.find`, starting at the root of the tree. .. method:: findall(match) - Finds all matching subelements, by tag name or path. Same as - getroot().findall(match). *match* may be a tag name or path. Returns a - list containing all matching elements, in document order. + Same as :meth:`Element.findall`, starting at the root of the tree. .. method:: findtext(match, default=None) - Finds the element text for the first toplevel element with given tag. - Same as getroot().findtext(match). *match* may be a tag name or path. - *default* is the value to return if the element was not found. Returns - the text content of the first matching element, or the default value no - element was found. Note that if the element is found, but has no text - content, this method returns an empty string. + Same as :meth:`Element.findtext`, starting at the root of the tree. .. method:: getiterator(tag=None) |