# Use of \<!\[CDATA\[............\]\]\> on rxml

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/use-of-cdata-on-rxml/189085>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 24, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/use-of-cdata-on-rxml/189085 "2010-05-24T10:51:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/use-of-cdata-on-rxml/189085/1 "2010-05-24T10:51:21Z")

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How can I put something like this on a rxml, in one line of code and  
generating only one line on the xml ?

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**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/use-of-cdata-on-rxml/189085/2 "2010-05-25T12:58:03Z")

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did you try

xml.name do  
xml.cdata!('Steve)  
end

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**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/use-of-cdata-on-rxml/189085/3 "2010-05-25T19:41:08Z")

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Emanuele T. wrote:

> did you try
> 
> xml.name do  
> xml.cdata!('Steve)  
> end

With this, I get three lines:

I want to get only one line.