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Get the first element under root
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require 'rexml/document'
def valid_xml?(xml)
begin
REXML::Document.new(xml)
rescue REXML::ParseException
# Return nil if an exception is thrown
end
end
good_xml = %{
<groceries>
<bread>W</bread>
<bread>Q</bread>
</groceries>}
doc = valid_xml?(good_xml)
p doc.root.elements[1] # => <bread> ... </>
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