Problems with text() and REXML

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I'm finding that in REXML, the XPath selector "//abstract//style" correctly selects nodes in the tree, but "//abstract//style//text()" does not then extract the text from those nodes. Is this a known problem with XPath in Rexml?

Thanks,
Ken

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You're abusing "//". This works for me

#!/bin/env ruby

require 'rexml/document'

doc = REXML::Document.new <<XML
<root>
   <abstract>
     <style>
       the text
     </style>
   </abstract>
</root>
XML

REXML::XPath.each(doc, '//abstract/style/text()') do |elm|
   p elm
end

See also
http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/
http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XPathTutorial/General/examples.html

Kind regards

  robert

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On 20.01.2009 18:46, Kenneth McDonald wrote:

I'm finding that in REXML, the XPath selector "//abstract//style" correctly selects nodes in the tree, but "//abstract//style//text()" does not then extract the text from those nodes. Is this a known problem with XPath in Rexml?

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