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+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require 'rexml/document'
+
+describe "REXML::Attributes#[]" do
+  before :each do
+    @e = REXML::Element.new("root")
+    @lang = REXML::Attribute.new("language", "english")
+    @e.attributes << @lang
+  end
+
+  it "returns the value of an attribute" do
+    @e.attributes["language"].should == "english"
+  end
+
+  it "returns nil if the attribute does not exist" do
+    @e.attributes["chunky bacon"].should == nil
+  end
+end
+