using nokogiri,
i want to find <p class="main"> Some text here...</p>
from an html document,
and then output the location as below or something that shows the tree
html > body > div class = "body" > p class= "main "
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A:
text="<html><body><div class='body'><p class='main'>some text here</p></div></body></html>"
doc = Nokogiri::HTML(text)
root = doc.root
node = doc.xpath('//p[@class="main"]').first
path = [node]
begin
node = node.parent
path.unshift node
end until node == root
path.map {|n| n.name}.join " > "
Exercise for you to add whichever attributes you want.
glenn jackman
2009-09-28 11:40:41
can I add a question here? Suppose I want to display the path of all <p> tags and not just the first, how do I do it?
Vijay Dev
2010-07-17 20:37:06
@Vijay, probably better to ask a new question, and reference this question if you want.
glenn jackman
2010-07-19 13:28:19