Module REXML::Node
In: rexml/node.rb

Represents a node in the tree. Nodes are never encountered except as superclasses of other objects. Nodes have siblings.

Methods
indent    next_sibling_node    previous_sibling_node    read_with_substitution    to_s    write_with_substitution   
Public Class methods
read_with_substitution( input, illegal=nil )

Reads text, substituting entities

Public Instance methods
next_sibling_node()

@return the next sibling (nil if unset)

previous_sibling_node()

@return the previous sibling (nil if unset)

to_s(indent=-1)
indent(to, ind)
write_with_substitution(out, input)

Writes out text, substituting special characters beforehand. @param out A String, IO, or any other object supporting <<( String ) @param input the text to substitute and the write out

z=utf8.unpack("U*") ascOut="" z.each{|r| 

  if r <  0x100
    ascOut.concat(r.chr)
  else
    ascOut.concat(sprintf("&#x%x;", r))
  end

} puts ascOut