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newbie_10

Hi,

I want to take an xml file and recognize a particular tag and print what is in between that tag.
How can I refer to something that is nested?

Example: Books.xml
<Books>

<Book>
<title>Perl Magic</title>
<author>Karthik</author>
<publisher>ORielly</publisher>
<price currency="Rupees" value="330"/>
</Book>

<Book>
<title>Perl for Dummies</title>
<author>Mark</author>
<publisher>ORielly</publisher>
<price currency="Rupees" value="420"/>
</Book>

</Books>

Perl script : books.pl

use XML::Simple;
use Data:: Dumper;

$xml = new XML::Simple;

$data = $xml->XMLin("books.xml");

print "$data->{author} is the author of $data->{title} and it is published by $data->{publisher}\n"

I'm not getting the correct output for this. What am I missing?

newbie_10 Light Poster
6Jun2011,23:44
	Hi, I want to take an xml file and recognize a particular tag and print what is in between that tag. How can I refer to something that is nested? Example: Books.xml <Books> <Book> <title>Perl Magic</title> <author>Karthik</author> <publisher>ORielly</publisher> <price currency="Rupees" value="330"/> </Book> <Book> <title>Perl for Dummies</title> <author>Mark</author> <publisher>ORielly</publisher> <price currency="Rupees" value="420"/> </Book> </Books> Perl script : books.pl use XML::Simple; use Data:: Dumper; $xml = new XML::Simple; $data = $xml->XMLin("books.xml"); print "$data->{author} is the author of $data->{title} and it is published by $data->{publisher}\n" I'm not getting the correct output for this. What am I missing?