# File lib/yaml/basenode.rb, line 55
        def search( ypath_str )
            matches = match_path( ypath_str )

            if matches
                matches.collect { |m|
                    path = []
                    m.each_index { |i|
                        path.push m[i] if ( i % 2 ).zero?
                    }
                    "/" + path.compact.join( "/" )
                }
            end
        end