# 
## Overview
The **`root` method** is used to get the `Mojo::DOM` object of the root element. This method is provided by the `Mojo::DOM` module, which is an HTML/XML DOM parser with CSS selectors.

This method is useful when we want to get the root element and perform operations on its `Mojo::DOM` object.

## Syntax
```
$dom->root
```

## Return values
This method will return the `Mojo::DOM` object of the root node.


Let's look at an example.

## Example
Consider the given HTML:
```
<div>
   Inside div 
   <p id="a">Inside first paragraph </p>
   <p id="b">Inside second paragraph</p>
</div>
```
If we try to get `Mojo::DOM` object of root node using the `root` method, we will get the following output:
```
<div>Inside div <p id="a">Inside first paragraph </p><p id="b">Inside second paragraph</p></div>
```

## Code example


use 5.010;
use Mojo::DOM;

# Parse the html
my $dom = Mojo::DOM->new('<div>Inside div <p id="a">Inside first paragraph </p><p id="b">Inside second paragraph</p></div>');

# Display the root element
say $dom->root;

example

## Code explanation
In the above code snippet, we see the following:
* **Line 2:** We import the `Mojo::DOM` module.
* **Line 5:** We parse the HTML and store it in scalar `$dom`.
* **Line 8:** We print the `Mojo::DOM` object of the root element for the given HTML.

## Code explanation
In the above code snippet, we see the following:
* **Line 2:** We import the `Mojo::DOM` module.
* **Line 5:** We parse the HTML and store it in scalar `＄dom`.
* **Line 8:** We print the `Mojo::DOM` object of the root element for the given HTML.

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What is the root method in Mojo::DOM?

The root method in Mojo::DOM retrieves the Mojo::DOM object of the root element, facilitating DOM manipulation.