method

delete_element

v1_8_7_72 - Show latest stable - Class: REXML::Element

delete_element(element)

public

Deletes a child element.

element:	Must be an `Element,` `String,` or `Integer`. 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.
Returns:	the element that was removed.

 doc.delete_element "/a/b/c[@id='4']"
 doc.delete_element doc.elements["//k"]
 doc.delete_element 1

# File lib/rexml/element.rb, line 315
    def delete_element element
      @elements.delete element
    end