method
delete_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