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**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/107328>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 20, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/107328 "2007-06-20T15:50:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/107328/1 "2007-06-20T15:50:44Z")

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From: Reid T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Reply-To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Subject: Re: How can i get data from .txt file and .xml file?  
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:31:30 -0400

On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 22:20 +0900, Karl von Laudermann wrote:

> I am not the OP, nor do I have an answer for him, but I would like to  
> point out that while an API reference is useful as a reference for  
> someone already familiar with the library it documents, it is no  
> substitute for a tutorial or manual showing how to actually use API  
> properly. So merely pointing someone at an API reference is not as  
> helpful as you might have intended. I am not familiar with REXML, and  
> having clicked the link you gave, I certainly couldn’t begin to figure  
> out where to start reading.

True, but it is easy enough to go to [google.com](http://google.com) and search on “ruby  
rexml tutorial” … second hit →   
[IBM Developer](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-matters18.html)