XML my $t= XML::Twig->new (twig_roots => {emp => \&emp, prod => \&prod}); my %emp; my $currEmp; $t->parse ($xml); print "$_ - $emp{$_}\n" for sort keys %emp; sub emp { my ($t, $data) = @_; $currEmp = $data->trimmed_text (); $emp{$currEmp} ||= ''; } sub prod { my ($t, $data) = @_; my $text = $data->trimmed_text (); return if $text !~ /^\d+(\.\d*)?/; $emp{$currEmp} ||= 0; $emp{$currEmp} += $text; }