size()
  public
  
    
    
Returns the number of Element
children of the parent object. doc = Document.new
‘<a>seanelliottrussell’ doc.root.size            #-> 6, 3 element
and 3 text nodes doc.root.elements.size   #-> 3
   
  
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    def size
      count = 0
      @element.each {|child| count+=1 if child.kind_of? Element }
      count
    end