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delete_all

delete_all( xpath )

Instance Public methods

Removes multiple elements. Filters for Element children, regardless of XPath matching.

xpath: all elements matching this String path are removed.
Returns: an Array of Elements that have been removed

doc = Document.new '<a><c/><c/><c/><c/></a>'
deleted = doc.elements.delete_all 'a/c' #-> [<c/>, <c/>, <c/>, <c/>]

Links:

https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/1fe680e812e44a760b2e9bc58402c08774d5d1a0/lib/rexml/element.rb#L855

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2015-05-06 13:14:57

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