From: Chris McMahon <christopher.mcmahon@...>
Date: 2006-03-16T04:03:46+09:00
Subject: construct AoA with REXML XPath?

Hi...

say I have a document

<plan xsi:type="ns0:plan">
  <id>123</id>
  <status>ACTIVE</status>
  <jellyBean>RED</jellyBean>
  <foo>BAR</foo>
</plan>
<plan xsi:type="ns0:plan">
  <id>456</id>
  <status>BOGUS</status>
  <jellyBean>BLUE</jellyBean>
  <foo>BAZ</foo>
</plan>

I know I can do
ids = doc.elements.to_a( "//plan/id")
jellybeans = doc.elements.to_a( "//plan/jellyBean")

but is there some way to do something like

idsAndJellyBeans = doc.elements.to_a( "//plan/id" "//plan/jellyBean")

and get 

[[123, "RED"],[456,"BLUE"]]? 

Thanks...