# URL Decode to XML String

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-decode-to-xml-string/145458>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 10, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-decode-to-xml-string/145458 "2008-08-10T01:09:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-decode-to-xml-string/145458/1 "2008-08-10T01:09:10Z")

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Does anyone know how to URL decode something to an XML String using  
Ruby on Rails? I have a url parameter that comes as a string array.  
I had to split it on a | which was easy. However, I cannot figure out  
how to URL Decode one of the array positions to an XML String. Any  
help would be greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-decode-to-xml-string/145458/2 "2008-08-13T02:37:54Z")

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I need to figure out how to parse out the value of 0 which is called  
result…an ideas?

020test\</  
val3\>

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**Author:** ![david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-decode-to-xml-string/145458/3 "2008-08-13T03:08:18Z")

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this link explains it well…and it works…

[http://developer.yahoo.com/ruby/ruby-xml.html](http://developer.yahoo.com/ruby/ruby-xml.html)