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Asked: 2026-05-12T15:26:48+00:00

using nokogiri, i want to find <p class=main> Some text here…</p> from an html

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using nokogiri,

i want to find <p class="main"> Some text here...</p>

from an html document,

and then output the location as below or something that shows the tree 

html > body > div class = "body" > p class= "main "
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    text="<html><body><div class='body'><p class='main'>some text here</p></div></body></html>"
doc = Nokogiri::HTML(text)
root = doc.root
node = doc.xpath('//p[@class="main"]').first
path = [node]
begin
  node = node.parent
  path.unshift node
end until node == root
path.map {|n| n.name}.join " > "

    Exercise for you to add whichever attributes you want.

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