import sys from util import xmlfiletodict if len(sys.argv) != 2: print "usage:", sys.argv[0], "packlist.xml" exit(1) d = xmlfiletodict(sys.argv[1]) pallets = d["Response"]["PackList"]["PackPallets"]["PackPallet"] if not isinstance(pallets, list): pallets = [pallets] num_articles = 0 for pallet in pallets: num_articles += len(pallet["Packages"]["Package"]) print num_articles