From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-03-19T15:37:24+09:00
Subject: Re: REXML get specific element

7stud -- wrote:

>> target = XPath.match(doc, "//programmer[text() = $name]", :name => 
>> $john)
>>
> 
> I don't know what you are trying to do there.  What is $john? 

It is a typo.

 > This
> doesn't work for me:
> 
> target = XPath.match(doc, "//programmer[text() = $name]", :name => 
> $input_name)

Take the $ off. Sorry, but $ is also valid Ruby, meaning "a global variable, yet 
different from 'input_name'".