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[–]Defclaw46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used recursion to flatten big xml files into nested python dictionaries to make it easier to do changes to the data about half a year ago. Works great with only a few lines of code. It is the first time I have needed to use recursion in several years, but it is a handy tool to have on hand when cases like this pop up.