--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Fetches an attribute value. If you want to get the Attribute itself, use get_attribute()
- !ruby/object:SM::Flow::LIST 
  contents: 
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "name:"
    body: an XPath attribute name. Namespaces are relevant here.
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "Returns:"
    body: the String value of the matching attribute, or <tt>nil</tt> if no matching attribute was found. This is the unnormalized value (with entities expanded).
  type: :NOTE
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: " doc = Document.new &quot;&lt;a foo:att='1' bar:att='2' att='&amp;lt;'/&gt;&quot;\n doc.root.attributes['att']         #-&gt; '&lt;'\n doc.root.attributes['bar:att']     #-&gt; '2'\n"
full_name: REXML::Attributes#[]
is_singleton: false
name: "[]"
params: (name)
visibility: public