From: Florian Gilcher <flo@...>
Date: 2012-01-20T05:55:40+09:00
Subject: Re: XmlMarkup gives 2 root elements

On Jan 19, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Holm Dressler wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I try to check out what's the best way to create a small XML File (need
> it for a bank transfer)
> 
> Anyway: I try the following under the ruby console:
> 
> require 'builder'
> x = Builder::XmlMarkup.new
> x.instruct!
> test = x.Hello("World!", "type" => "global")
> 
> What I receive in test is the following:
> 
> <inspect/>
> <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
> <Hello type=\"global\">World!</Hello>"
> 
> So how can I get rid of the <inspect/> element. I think this file is A
> BIT against the W3C XML standard.
> 
> Thanks for any advices,
> 
> Holm

Try it without irb. Standard IRB automatically calls "inspect" on the builder object after each line which adds the "inspect" element ;). 

Regards,
Florian