Method: Nokogiri::XML::Searchable#ancestor

Defined in:
lib/ryoba/nokogiri/xml/searchable.rb

#ancestor(selector = nil) ⇒ Nokogiri::XML::Element?

Like #ancestors, but returns only the first matching ancestor.

Examples:

xml = Nokogiri::XML(<<-XML)
  <body>
    <div id="a">
      <div id="b">
        <img src="cat.jpg">
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
XML

xml.at("img").ancestor        # == Node div#b
xml.at("img").ancestor("#a")  # == Node div#a
xml.at("img").ancestor("#z")  # == nil

Parameters:

  • selector (String) (defaults to: nil)

Returns:

  • (Nokogiri::XML::Element, nil) 


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# File 'lib/ryoba/nokogiri/xml/searchable.rb', line 103

def ancestor(selector = nil)
  self.ancestors(selector).first
end