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--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Builds a nodeset of all of the preceding nodes of the supplied node, in reverse document order
- !ruby/object:SM::Flow::LIST 
  contents: 
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "preceding:"
    body: includes every element in the document that precedes this node,
  type: :NOTE
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: except for ancestors
full_name: REXML::XPathParser#preceding
is_singleton: false
name: preceding
params: ( node )
visibility: private