Mixed mode content - How do I select text from h1 but don't include its child element's text?

Question

I have trouble printing simple text from a <h1> element:

require 'nokogiri'

doc = Nokogiri::HTML("<h1><em>Name</em>A Johnson </h1>")
puts doc.at_xpath("//h1").content

It outputs:

NameA Johnson

I want just A Johnson in the output. Is it possible to select just this text using XPath or CSS selectors?

Selecting just text nodes with XPath as suggested is the best. Could also using the hack: `doc.at('h1').children.last.text` — singpolyma, Sep 14 '12 at 00:41

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '12 at 00:16

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How about using text() XPath function? Like this (untested though):

require 'nokogiri'

doc = Nokogiri::HTML("<h1><em>Name</em>A Johnson </h1>")
puts doc.at_xpath("//h1/text()").content

answered Sep 14 '12 at 00:16

raina77ow

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 14 '12 at 01:36

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These solutions may only give part of the story. Consider:

doc = Nokogiri::HTML("<h1><em>Name</em>A <br>Johnson </h1>")
puts doc.at_xpath("//h1/text()").content

=> A

puts doc.at('h1').children.last.text

=> Johnson

or my suggestion:

puts doc.search("h1/text()").text

=> A Johnson

edited Sep 14 '12 at 01:36

the Tin Man

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answered Sep 14 '12 at 00:57

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Mixed mode content - How do I select text from h1 but don't include its child element's text?

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