From: "Anders Engström" <aengstrom@...>
Date: 2004-07-18T18:32:49+09:00
Subject: Re: REXML : add text to element without temp variable?

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On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 12:09:25PM +0900, CD Baby wrote:
> Say I'm trying to make this XML:
> <music>
>   <artist>Pink Floyd</artist>
>   <album>Dark Side of the Moon</album>
> </music>
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> Right now I'm doing this:
> doc =3D Document.new
> music =3D doc.add_element 'music'
> artist =3D music.add_element 'artist'
> artist.text =3D 'Pink Floyd'
> album =3D music.add_element 'album'
> album.text =3D 'Dark Side of the Moon'
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> QUESTION:
> Why create variables for artist and album?
> Shouldn't there be a way to add the text directly, without creating an
> in-between (and never used again) variable?
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> Like this:
> music.add_element('album').text =3D 'Dark Side of the Moon'
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> or this:
> music.add_element('album').text << Text.new('Dark Side of the Moon')
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> Has anyone found a shortcut like this?
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doc =3D Document.new
music =3D doc.add_element("music")
music << Element.new("artist").add_text("Pink Floyd")
music << Element.new("album").add_text("Dark side of the moon")

//Anders

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