>> require "hpricot" => true >> doc = Hpricot('<div id="menu"></div>') => #<Hpricot::Doc {emptyelem <div id="menu">}> >> doc.search('#menu') => #<Hpricot::Elements[{emptyelem <div id="menu">}]> >> doc = Hpricot('<div id="menu"></div><div id="menu"></div>') => #</hpricot::elements[{emptyelem></hpricot::doc>