Try using "send" to send the element name.  So

element_name = :tag
xml.send(element_name) "Brandon"

On Jul 21, 2:26 pm, Brandon <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am using the XML builder and I am frustrated by the lack of being
> able to use variables to define the names of XML elements
>
> I want to be able to do this (in actionname.xml.builder)
> ...
> element_name = "Tag"
> xml.element_name("Brandon")
> ...
>
> ACTUAL OUTPUT
> ...
> <element_name>Brandon</element_name>
> ...
>
> DESIRED OUTPUT
> ...
> <Tag>Brandon</Tag>
> ...
>
> Does anyone know how I could achieve the desired output using only the
> xml builder?

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