>> require "hpricot" => true >> doc = Hpricot('<p><b>foo1</b></p><p>foo2</p>') => #<Hpricot::Doc {elem <p> {elem <b> "foo1" </b>} </p>} {elem <p> "foo2" </p>}> >> doc.to_plain_text => "foo1\n\nfoo2" >> doc.at('p').to_plain_text => "\n\nfoo1\n\n" >> doc.search('p')[1].to_plain_text => "\n\nfoo2\n\n"