From: ted Date: 2005-09-04T13:11:27+09:00 Subject: Re: How to get REXML to return items in order?? Thanks daz. "daz" wrote in message news:YTWdnRhBUv9S0ofeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk... > > Gavin Kistner wrote: >> On Sep 3, 2005, at 3:16 PM, ted wrote: >> > I'm new to Ruby and can't figure out why REXML isn't returning the >> > elements >> > in the order they appear in the document. Here's my code and the >> > document. >> >> I confirm the problem. Looks like a bug. [...] > > > ... and it's fixed in CVS for 1.8.3 > > If you need this now, you could download the later version here: > http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/rexml/rexml.tar.gz?only_with_tag=ruby_1_8;tarball=1 > > to e.g. "C:\Ruby\TEMP" then change the lookup path at the top of your > script. > > > > $:.unshift('C:/Ruby/TEMP') # for rexml fixes > require 'rexml/document' > xml = REXML::Document.new(DATA) > xml.elements.each("//span[@class='c5']") do |element| > puts element > end > > #-> 1st Title > #-> 2nd Title > #-> 3rd Title > > __END__ > > > >

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