hpricot:Hpricot::Container::Trav#preceding_siblings
>> require "hpricot" => true >> doc = Hpricot('<p>foo1</p><p>foo2</p>') => #<Hpricot::Doc {elem <p> "foo1" </p>} {elem <p> "foo2" </p>}> >> doc.at('p').preceding_siblings => #<Hpricot::Elements[]> >> doc.search('p')[1].preceding_siblings => #<Hpricot::Elements[{elem <p> "foo1" </p>}]> >> doc = Hpricot('<p>foo1</p><p>foo2</p><p>foo3</p>') => #<Hpricot::Doc {elem <p> "foo1" </p>} {elem <p> "foo2" </p>} {elem <p> "foo3" </p>}> >> doc.search('p')[2].preceding_siblings => #<Hpricot::Elements[{elem <p> "foo1" </p>}, {elem <p> "foo2" </p>}]>