Get immediate parent node in REXML

Question

How do I get the immediate parent of a node with REXML? root_node() gets me the parent node of the document, but I just want the parent of the current node.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '11 at 20:33

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require "rexml/document"

string = "
  <root>
    <a>
      <b>
        test
      </b>
    </a>
  </root>"

doc = REXML::Document.new string
p doc[1][1][1] #=> <b> ... </>
p doc[1][1][1].parent #=> <a> ... </>

answered Jul 14 '11 at 20:33

Vasiliy Ermolovich

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Oh... now why isn't that listed in the docs here - http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/rexml/rdoc/classes/REXML/Element.html ? :( – Colen Jul 14 '11 at 20:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '17 at 11:00

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If you know the element, then you can achieve this by following set of lines:

    doc.get_elements('//your_element_name')[0].parent

From above example it will be like:

    doc.get_elements('//b')[0].parent

answered Jun 14 '17 at 11:00

Ram

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Get immediate parent node in REXML

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