Method: REXML::Element#get_text

Defined in:
lib/rexml/element.rb

#get_text(path = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the first child Text node, if any, or nil otherwise. This method returns the actual Text node, rather than the String content.

doc = Document.new "<p>some text <b>this is bold!</b> more text</p>"
# The element 'p' has two text elements, "some text " and " more text".
doc.root.get_text.value            #-> "some text "



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# File 'lib/rexml/element.rb', line 462

def get_text path = nil
  rv = nil
  if path
    element = @elements[ path ]
    rv = element.get_text unless element.nil?
  else
    rv = @children.find { |node| node.kind_of? Text }
  end
  return rv
end