require 'rexml/document' : rexml « XML « Ruby

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  3. rexml




require 'rexml/document'


text = %{<doc><a>Some      whitespace</a>    <b>Some   more</b></doc>}

REXML::Document.new(text, { :compress_whitespace => :all,
                        :ignore_whitespace_nodes => :all }).to_s
# => "<doc><a>Some text</a><b>Some more</b></doc>"

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