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Editing: delete_element-i.yaml
--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription aliases: [] block_params: comment: - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P body: Deletes a child element. - !ruby/object:SM::Flow::LIST contents: - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI label: "element:" body: Must be an <tt>Element</tt>, <tt>String</tt>, or <tt>Integer</tt>. If Element, the element is removed. If String, the element is found (via XPath) and removed. <em>This means that any parent can remove any descendant.<em> If Integer, the Element indexed by that number will be removed. - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI label: "Returns:" body: the element that was removed. type: :NOTE - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB body: " doc.delete_element "/a/b/c[@id='4']"\n doc.delete_element doc.elements["//k"]\n doc.delete_element 1\n" full_name: REXML::Element#delete_element is_singleton: false name: delete_element params: (element) visibility: public
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