From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-10-06T04:20:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Parse and modify an XML file with REXML

jeffnyman@gmail.com wrote:

/ ...

> I know how to parse through XML using XPath or using a stream listener.
> I have read the tutorial that comes with REXML. But what I'm not sure
> how to do is check for the conditions like I described above. One
> thought was I could read the XML into an array because then I get an
> enforced "line numbering" with the indexing. So I could check
> currentLine - 1 and currentLine + 1. I'm not sure if that is a smart
> approach, however.

Why not keep a running set of three records, and only test the middle
record? That way, you can look ahead and behind one record before making a
decision.

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Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com