code: def make_random_xml_file(fname, num_elements=200, depth=3):
      
      with open(fname, 'w') as f:
          f.write('<?xml version="1.0" ?>\n<random>\n')
          for dep_num, _ in enumerate(range(1,depth)):
              f.write(' <depth>\n  <content>\n')
              #f.write('<depth' + str(dep_num) + '>\n')
              for num, _ in enumerate(range(1, num_elements)):
                  f.write('    <stuff>data line ' + str(num) + '</stuff>\n')
              #f.write('</depth' + str(dep_num) + '>\n')
              f.write('  </content>\n </depth>\n')
      
          f.write('</random>\n')
docs: makes a random xml file mainly for testing the xml_split