From: Song Choe <choesh@...>
Date: 2009-04-30T00:29:02+09:00
Subject: Re: How to eliminate hash tag when to_xml is used.

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Thank you!!!
THis helps!!

Song=2C

> Date: Wed=2C 29 Apr 2009 10:30:05 +0900
> From: mark@thomaszone.com
> Subject: Re: How to eliminate hash tag when to_xml is used.
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
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> On Apr 28=2C 8:34 pm=2C Song Choe <cho...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > # help
> >
> > Hi=2C everyone=2C
> >
> > I have a hash obj and when converted to xml using to_xml the <hash></ha=
sh> tag appears like the following
> >
> > <?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"UTF-8"?>
> > <hash>
> >   <step1>
> > ..
> > </hash>
> >
> > I want to get rid of that <hash> so that it is just
> > <?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"UTF-8"?>
> >   <step1>
> > ..
> > </step1>
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> Since you want the xml declaration=2C I assume you want a valid XML
> document. A valid XML document must have exactly one root element. You
> cannot remove the root=2C because then if your hash had more than one
> entry it would produce multiple roots and thus invalid XML.
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> You can change the name of the element=2C however:
> hash.to_xml({:root =3D> 'steps'})
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> -- Mark.
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