From: Gavin Kistner <gavin@...>
Date: 2005-12-22T22:52:38+09:00
Subject: Re: rexml - get raw xml of elements and text

On Dec 20, 2005, at 4:51 PM, Ammon Christiansen wrote:
> I'm aware that REXML's Element class can give me the elements or  
> the text
> (texts if there are many text elements between children elements).   
> I want
> them both, and I want them in order, straight XML.  (I've got some  
> bold and
> italic tags there that are just for formatting)

irb(main):001:0> require 'rexml/document'
=> true

irb(main):002:0> d = REXML::Document.new( '<xml>Hello <i>there</i>  
world</xml>' )
=> <UNDEFINED> ... </>

irb(main):003:0> d.root.each_child{ |n| p n }
"Hello "
<i> ... </>
" world"
=> ["Hello ", <i> ... </>, " world"]