import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

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def merge_xml_files(input_files, output_file):

    # Create the root element for the merged XML document

    merged_root = ET.Element("merged_data")

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    # Iterate over each input XML file

    for file_path in input_files:

        # Parse the XML file

        tree = ET.parse(file_path)

        root = tree.getroot()

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        # Iterate over the elements in the XML file and append them to the merged document

        for elem in root:

            merged_root.append(elem)

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    # Create a new XML tree with the merged root element

    merged_tree = ET.ElementTree(merged_root)

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    # Write the merged XML tree to the output file

    merged_tree.write(output_file, encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True)

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# Example usage:

input_files = ["file1.xml", "file2.xml"]  # List of input XML files to merge

output_file = "merged.xml"  # Output file for the merged XML

merge_xml_files(input_files, output_file)