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Parse an XML document with REXML and print some of the text nodes

Published in: Ruby 

URL: http://www.germane-software.com/software/rexml/docs/tutorial.html

Parses the XML file MYFILE.xml, and prints the text from each record node's uploadlist node, unless the upload_list node is empty.

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  1. require "rexml/document"
  2. file = File.new( "MY_FILE.xml" )
  3. doc = REXML::Document.new file
  4. doc.elements.each("document/record/upload_list"){
  5. 	|element| puts element.text if element.text
  6. }

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