python parse xml text

I would like to parse xml in python, but as a string, not taken from a file. Can someone help me do this?

Answer

From a file, you could normally do it as

from xml.dom import minidom                                          
xmldoc = minidom.parse('~/diveintopython/common/py/kgp/binary.xml')  

For a string, you can change it to

from xml.dom import minidom                                          
xmldoc = minidom.parseString( Your string goes here )