Method: REXML::Element#previous_element

Defined in:
lib/rexml/element.rb

#previous_element ⇒ Object

Returns the previous sibling that is an element, or nil if there is no Element sibling prior to this one

doc = Document.new '<a><b/>text<c/></a>'
doc.root.elements['c'].previous_element          #-> <b/>
doc.root.elements['b'].previous_element          #-> nil



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# File 'lib/rexml/element.rb', line 421

def previous_element
  element = previous_sibling
  element = element.previous_sibling until element.nil? or element.kind_of? Element
  return element
end