hpricot:An Hpricot Showcase:Hpricot CSS Search:Selecting Close Children
>> require "hpricot" => true >> doc = Hpricot('<div class="entryPermalink"><div class="child"><a href="http://www.foo1.org/">foo1</a></div><a href="http://www.foo2.org/">foo2</a></div>')=> #<Hpricot::Doc {elem <div class="entryPermalink"> {elem <div class="child"> {elem <a href="http://www.foo1.org/"> "foo1" </a>} </div>} {elem <a href="http://www.foo2.org/"> "foo2" </a>} </div>}> >> (doc/"div.entryPermalink a").empty=> #<Hpricot::Elements[{emptyelem <a href="http://www.foo1.org/">}, {emptyelem <a href="http://www.foo2.org/">}]> >> (doc/"div.entryPermalink > a").empty => #<Hpricot::Elements[{emptyelem <a href="http://www.foo2.org/">}]>