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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 206</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">attribute</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">name</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">node</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">attributes</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">name</span>] <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">node</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Element</span>
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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 106</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">axe</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">axe_name</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> )
  <span class="ruby-identifier">matches</span> = []
  <span class="ruby-identifier">matches</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">dup</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> ) <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">axe_name</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=~</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/-or-self$/u</span>
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  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^descendant/u</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">matches</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|=</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_a</span>, <span class="ruby-node">&quot;descendant-or-self::#{rest}&quot;</span> ) <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Element</span>
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    <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
      <span class="ruby-keyword">while</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">parent</span>
        <span class="ruby-identifier">matches</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">parent</span>
        <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">parent</span>
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  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;child&quot;</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">matches</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|=</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_a</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> ) <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Element</span>
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    <span class="ruby-identifier">matches</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">collect</span>{<span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">parent</span>}.<span class="ruby-identifier">uniq</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span>)
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    <span class="ruby-identifier">matches</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">collect</span>{<span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">next_sibling</span>}.<span class="ruby-identifier">uniq</span>,
      <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span>)
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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 18</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">each</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">namespaces</span>=<span class="ruby-constant">EMPTY_HASH</span>, <span class="ruby-operator">&amp;</span><span class="ruby-identifier">block</span>
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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 50</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">filter</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">nil?</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">or</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-string">&#39;&#39;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">or</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">size</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">0</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">case</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\/\//u</span>                                                                                     <span class="ruby-comment"># Descendant</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">axe</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-string">&quot;descendant-or-self&quot;</span>, <span class="ruby-node">$&#39;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\/?\b(\w[-\w]*)\b::/u</span>                                                      <span class="ruby-comment"># Axe</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">axe</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-node">$1</span>, <span class="ruby-node">$&#39;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\/(?=\b([:!\w][-\.\w]*:)?[-!\*\.\w]*\b([^:(]|$)|\*)/u</span>      <span class="ruby-comment"># Child</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> = <span class="ruby-node">$&#39;</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> = []
    <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|=</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_a</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> )
    <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\/?(\w[-\w]*)\(/u</span>                                                  <span class="ruby-comment"># / Function</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">function</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-node">$1</span>, <span class="ruby-node">$&#39;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Namespace</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-constant">NAMESPLIT</span>         <span class="ruby-comment"># Element name</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">name</span> = <span class="ruby-node">$2</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">ns</span> = <span class="ruby-node">$1</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> = <span class="ruby-node">$&#39;</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">delete_if</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
      <span class="ruby-operator">!</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Element</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">and</span>
        (<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">expanded_name</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">name</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">or</span>
         (<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">name</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">name</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">and</span>
          <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">namespace</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">namespace_context</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">ns</span>])))
    <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\/\[/u</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">matches</span> = []
    <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">matches</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|=</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">predicate</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_a</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>[<span class="ruby-value">1</span><span class="ruby-operator">..</span><span class="ruby-value">-1</span>] ) <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Element</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">matches</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\[/u</span>                                                                                               <span class="ruby-comment"># Predicate</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">predicate</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\/?\.\.\./u</span>                                                                                <span class="ruby-comment"># Ancestor</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">axe</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-string">&quot;ancestor&quot;</span>, <span class="ruby-node">$&#39;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\/?\.\./u</span>                                                                                  <span class="ruby-comment"># Parent</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">collect</span>{<span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">e</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">parent</span>}, <span class="ruby-node">$&#39;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\/?\./u</span>                                                                                            <span class="ruby-comment"># Self</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-node">$&#39;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\*/u</span>                                                                                                       <span class="ruby-comment"># Any</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> = []
    <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|=</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>( [<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>], <span class="ruby-node">$&#39;</span> ) <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Element</span>
      <span class="ruby-comment">#if element.kind_of? Element</span>
      <span class="ruby-comment">#     children = element.to_a</span>
      <span class="ruby-comment">#     children.delete_if { |child| !child.kind_of?(Element) }</span>
      <span class="ruby-comment">#     results |= filter( children, $&#39; )</span>
      <span class="ruby-comment">#end</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> []
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 14</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">first</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">namespaces</span>=<span class="ruby-constant">EMPTY_HASH</span>
  <span class="ruby-identifier">match</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">namespaces</span>)[<span class="ruby-value">0</span>]
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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 222</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">function</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">fname</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> )
  <span class="ruby-identifier">args</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">parse_args</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> )
  <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pair</span> = [<span class="ruby-value">0</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">size</span>]
  <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> = []
  <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
    <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pair</span>[<span class="ruby-value">0</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">+=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
    <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">node</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">res</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">send</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">fname</span>, <span class="ruby-operator">*</span><span class="ruby-identifier">args</span> )
    <span class="ruby-keyword">case</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">res</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">true</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Integer</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pair</span>[<span class="ruby-value">0</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">res</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 23</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">match</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">namespaces</span>=<span class="ruby-constant">EMPTY_HASH</span>
  <span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;nil is not a valid xpath&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">unless</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>
  <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword">nil</span>
  <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier">namespace_context</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">namespaces</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">case</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\/([^\/]|$)/u</span>
    <span class="ruby-comment"># match on root</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>[<span class="ruby-value">1</span><span class="ruby-operator">..</span><span class="ruby-value">-1</span>]
    <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> [<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">root</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">parent</span>] <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-string">&#39;&#39;</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>([<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">root</span>], <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>)
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^[-\w]*::/u</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>([<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>], <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>)
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^\*/u</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_a</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>)
  <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/^[\[!\w:]/u</span>
    <span class="ruby-comment"># match on child</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">children</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_a</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">children</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>)
  <span class="ruby-keyword">else</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>([<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>], <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>)
  <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 214</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">method_missing</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">id</span>, <span class="ruby-operator">*</span><span class="ruby-identifier">args</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">begin</span>
    <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">send</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">id</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">id2name</span>, <span class="ruby-operator">*</span><span class="ruby-identifier">args</span> )
  <span class="ruby-keyword">rescue</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Exception</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-node">&quot;METHOD: #{id.id2name}(#{args.join &#39;, &#39;})\n#{$!.message}&quot;</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 210</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">name</span>()
  <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">node</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">name</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">node</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Element</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 240</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">parse_args</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">string</span> )
  <span class="ruby-comment"># /.*?(?:\)|,)/</span>
  <span class="ruby-identifier">arguments</span> = []
  <span class="ruby-identifier">buffer</span> = <span class="ruby-string">&quot;&quot;</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">while</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">string</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">and</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">string</span> <span class="ruby-operator">!=</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;&quot;</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">c</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">string</span>[<span class="ruby-value">0</span>]
    <span class="ruby-identifier">string</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">sub!</span>(<span class="ruby-regexp">/^./u</span>, <span class="ruby-string">&quot;&quot;</span>)
    <span class="ruby-keyword">case</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">c</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-value">?,</span>
      <span class="ruby-comment"># if depth = 1, then we start a new argument</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">arguments</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">evaluate</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">buffer</span> )
      <span class="ruby-comment">#arguments &lt;&lt; evaluate( string[0..count] )</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-value">?(</span>
      <span class="ruby-comment"># start a new method call</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">function</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">buffer</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">string</span> )
      <span class="ruby-identifier">buffer</span> = <span class="ruby-string">&quot;&quot;</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-value">?)</span>
      <span class="ruby-comment"># close the method call and return arguments</span>
      <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">arguments</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">else</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">buffer</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">c</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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          <p>A predicate filters a node-set with respect to an axis to produce a new node-set. For each node in the node-set to be filtered, the PredicateExpr is evaluated with that node as the context node, with the number of nodes in the node-set as the context size, and with the proximity position of the node in the node-set with respect to the axis as the context position; if PredicateExpr evaluates to true for that node, the node is included in the new node-set; otherwise, it is not included.</p>

<p>A PredicateExpr is evaluated by evaluating the Expr and converting the result to a boolean. If the result is a number, the result will be converted to true if the number is equal to the context position and will be converted to false otherwise; if the result is not a number, then the result will be converted as if by a call to the boolean function. Thus a location path <a href="3">para</a> is equivalent to <a href="position()=3">para</a>.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 161</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-constant">QuickPath</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">predicate</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span> )
  <span class="ruby-identifier">ind</span> = <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
  <span class="ruby-identifier">bcount</span> = <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">while</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">bcount</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-value">0</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">bcount</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">ind</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">?[</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">bcount</span> <span class="ruby-operator">-=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">ind</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">?]</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">ind</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
  <span class="ruby-identifier">ind</span> <span class="ruby-operator">-=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
  <span class="ruby-identifier">predicate</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>[<span class="ruby-value">1</span><span class="ruby-operator">..</span><span class="ruby-identifier">ind</span><span class="ruby-value">-1</span>]
  <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">ind</span><span class="ruby-value">+1</span><span class="ruby-operator">..</span><span class="ruby-value">-1</span>]

  <span class="ruby-comment"># have to change &#39;a [=&lt;&gt;] b [=&lt;&gt;] c&#39; into &#39;a [=&lt;&gt;] b and b [=&lt;&gt;] c&#39;</span>
  <span class="ruby-comment">#</span>
  <span class="ruby-identifier">predicate</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">gsub!</span>(
    <span class="ruby-regexp">/#{OPERAND_}\s*([&lt;&gt;=])\s*#{OPERAND_}\s*([&lt;&gt;=])\s*#{OPERAND_}/u</span>,
    <span class="ruby-string">&#39;\1 \2 \3 and \3 \4 \5&#39;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-comment"># Let&#39;s do some Ruby trickery to avoid some work:</span>
  <span class="ruby-identifier">predicate</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">gsub!</span>( <span class="ruby-regexp">/&amp;/u</span>, <span class="ruby-string">&quot;&amp;&amp;&quot;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-identifier">predicate</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">gsub!</span>( <span class="ruby-regexp">/=/u</span>, <span class="ruby-string">&quot;==&quot;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-identifier">predicate</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">gsub!</span>( <span class="ruby-regexp">/@(\w[-\w.]*)/u</span>, <span class="ruby-string">&#39;attribute(&quot;\1&quot;)&#39;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-identifier">predicate</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">gsub!</span>( <span class="ruby-regexp">/\bmod\b/u</span>, <span class="ruby-string">&quot;%&quot;</span> )
  <span class="ruby-identifier">predicate</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">gsub!</span>( <span class="ruby-regexp">/\b(\w[-\w.]*\()/u</span> ) {
    <span class="ruby-identifier">fname</span> = <span class="ruby-node">$1</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">fname</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">gsub</span>( <span class="ruby-regexp">/-/u</span>, <span class="ruby-string">&quot;_&quot;</span> )
  }

  <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pair</span> = [ <span class="ruby-value">0</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">size</span> ]
  <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> = []
  <span class="ruby-identifier">elements</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">element</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
    <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pair</span>[<span class="ruby-value">0</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">+=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
    <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">node</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>
    <span class="ruby-identifier">res</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">eval</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">predicate</span> )
    <span class="ruby-keyword">case</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">res</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">true</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Integer</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Functions</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pair</span>[<span class="ruby-value">0</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">res</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-constant">String</span>
      <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
  <span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">filter</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">results</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">rest</span> )
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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