delete_attribute(key)
Instance Public methods
Removes an attribute
- key
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either an Attribute or a String. In either case, the attribute is found by matching the attribute name to the argument, and then removed. If no attribute is found, no action is taken.
- Returns
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the attribute removed, or nil if this Element did not contain a matching attribute
e = Element.new('E')
e.add_attribute( 'name', 'Sean' ) #-> <E name='Sean'/>
r = e.add_attribute( 'sur:name', 'Russell' ) #-> <E name='Sean' sur:name='Russell'/>
e.delete_attribute( 'name' ) #-> <E sur:name='Russell'/>
e.delete_attribute( r ) #-> <E/>
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