From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-09-30T04:21:44+09:00
Subject: Re: REXML to extract only values from XML?


christopher.mcmahon@gmail.com wrote:
> Say I have an XML record like
>
>  <Subscriber>
>    <name>
>      <firstName>CHRIS</firstName>
>      <lastName>MCMAHON</lastName>
>    </name>
>    <ssn>111223333</ssn>
>    </Subscriber>
>
> I'd like to extract each value of each tag (without regard to
> hierarchy) and add it to an array:
>
> ["CHRIS","MCMAHON","111223333"]
>
> The REXML docs don't seem to address this.  I've tried various
> methods, but I can't seem to find the way to address only the contents
> of each tag.  Any suggestions would be welcome

xml = "<Subscriber>
    <name>
      <firstName> CHRIS </firstName>
      <lastName>MCMAHON</lastName>
    </name>
    <ssn>111223333</ssn>
    </Subscriber> "

p xml.split( / <.*?> (?: \s* <.*?> )* /xm )[1 .. -2]

  --->   [" CHRIS ", "MCMAHON", "111223333"]