XML builder

rubyonrails-talk
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I am using the XML builder and I am frustrated by the lack of being able to use variables to define the names of XML elements

I want to be able to do this (in actionname.xml.builder) ... element_name = "Tag" xml.element_name("Brandon") ...

ACTUAL OUTPUT ... <element_name>Brandon</element_name> ...

DESIRED OUTPUT ... <Tag>Brandon</Tag> ...

Does anyone know how I could achieve the desired output using only the xml builder?

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have a look at the tag! method

Fred

3

try

xml.instruct! xml.data do     xml.tag "Brandon" end

this will give you:

<data>     <tag>Brandon</tag> </data>

Cheers

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LOL, much easy, i think so :smiley: Happy coding.

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Try using "send" to send the element name. So

element_name = :tag xml.send(element_name) "Brandon"

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bensomers wrote:

Try using "send" to send the element name. So

element_name = :tag xml.send(element_name) "Brandon"

thanx for your help. It was really helpful

how can I add attribute. I want in this format

<count date="20050412T00:00:00">214</count>

how can I add attribute date.

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xml.count(:date=>service.date, service.code)

   ^                 ^                                 ^

dot tag hash = attribute no hash = inner value