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select_first

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select_first(root) public

Similar to #select but returns the first matching element. Returns nil if no element matches the selector.

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/selector.rb, line 471
    def select_first(root)
      stack = [root]
      while node = stack.pop
        if node.tag? && subset = match(node, true)
          return subset.first if !subset.empty?
        elsif children = node.children
          stack.concat children.reverse
        end
      end
      nil
    end

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