def count_elements(doc):
    "Counts the number of times each element is used in a document"
    summary = {}
    for el in doc.iter():
        try:
            namespace, element_name = re.search('^{(.+)}(.+)$', el.tag).groups()
        except:
            namespace = None
            element_name = el.tag
        if not summary.has_key(namespace):
            summary[namespace] = {}
        if not summary[namespace].has_key(element_name):
            summary[namespace][element_name] = 1
        else:
            summary[namespace][element_name] += 1
    return summary
def count_elements ( doc ) : summary = { } for el in doc . iter ( ) : try : namespace , element_name = re . search ( '^{(.+)}(.+)$' , el . tag ) . groups ( ) except : namespace = None element_name = el . tag if not summary . has_key ( namespace ) : summary [ namespace ] = { } if not summary [ namespace ] . has_key ( element_name ) : summary [ namespace ] [ element_name ] = 1 else : summary [ namespace ] [ element_name ] += 1 return summary
Counts the number of times each element is used in a document