method
to_a
to_a( xpath=nil )
public
Returns an Array of Element children. An XPath may be supplied to filter the children. Only Element children are returned, even if the supplied XPath matches non-Element children. doc = Document.new ‘<a>seanelliott<c/>’ doc.root.elements.to_a #-> [ <b/>, <c/> ] doc.root.elements.to_a(“child::node()”) #-> [ <b/>, <c/> ] XPath.match(doc.root, “child::node()”) #-> [ sean, <b/>, elliott, <c/> ]