Re: Building XML with tab delimited

XML::LibXML is great for XML processing, but not so great for producing it. Some people prefer XML::Writer for that, but for a fixed structure like here, you can also use Template:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

use Template;

my %data;

<> for 1, 2;  # Skip header.
while (<>) {
    chomp;
    my ($r1, $r2, $r3, $pin, $name, $zip, $date, $time) = split /\t/;
    $data{$pin}{reasons} = [ $r1, $r2, $r3 ];
    @{ $data{$pin} }{qw{ name zip }} = ($name, $zip);
    push @{ $data{$pin}{charge} }, [ $date, $time ];
}


my $template = 'Template'->new;
$template->process(*DATA{IO}, { data => \%data });

__DATA__
<XML_FILE>
[% FOR pin IN data.keys %]  <REPORT TYPE="AB">
  [%- i = 1 ; FOR r IN data.$pin.reasons %]
    <REASON[% i %]>[% r %]</REASON[% i %]>[% i = i + 1; END %]
    <PERSON>
      <PIN>[% pin %]</PIN>
      <NAME>[% data.$pin.name %]</NAME>
      <ZIP>[% data.$pin.zip %]</ZIP>
    </PERSON>
[% FOR charge IN data.$pin.charge %]    <CHARGE>
      <DATE>[% charge.0 %]</DATE>
      <TIME>[% charge.1 %]</TIME>
    </CHARGE>
[% END %]  </REPORT>
[% END %]</XML_FILE>
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Re^2: Building XML with tab delimited by sannag (Sexton) on Aug 11, 2016 at 02:49 UTC
Thank you! to be honest I hit a mental block using XML:LibXML. I already invested quit a bit of time building the program in XML::LibXML if I fail to find a solution with in LibXML I will switch to XML:Writer. :(	[reply]
Re^2: Building XML with tab delimited by Cow1337killr (Monk) on Aug 13, 2016 at 04:04 UTC
Thank you, choroba, for your solution. (I was able to run it on my Strawberry Perl installation.) I learned about the Template module, the front-end module to the Template Toolkit. I also learned about DATA{IO}, which apparently points to the data below the special literal __DATA__. I used Super Search and found the Using the DATA file handle for ARGV Perl Monk Meditation. This cleared up my questions about the special literal __DATA__ values IO slot, DATA{IO}, of the *DATA typeglob.	[reply]


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