Method: REXML::Element#delete_attribute

Defined in:

lib/rexml/element.rb

#delete_attribute(key) ⇒ Object

Removes an attribute

key

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

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/>

# File 'lib/rexml/element.rb', line 619

def delete_attribute(key)
	attr = @attributes.get_attribute(key)
	attr.remove unless attr.nil?
end