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