Get the first element under root


require 'rexml/document'
def valid_xml?(xml)
 begin
   REXML::Document.new(xml)
 rescue REXML::ParseException
   # Return nil if an exception is thrown
 end
end

good_xml = %{
<groceries>
 <bread>W</bread>
 <bread>Q</bread>
</groceries>}

doc = valid_xml?(good_xml)

p doc.root.elements[1]                                   # => <bread> ... </>

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