use XML::LibXML; my $string = q| B value D_Value B value D_Value |; my $doc = XML::LibXML->load_xml(string => $string); my @B = $doc->findnodes("//A/B"); if (@B) { for my $node (@B) { my $val = $node->textContent; print qq|Value of B is: $val\n|; } } my @D = $doc->findnodes("//A/C/D"); if (@D) { for my $node (@D) { my $attr = $node->getAttribute("d_attribute"); print qq|Attribute 'd_attribute' of D is: $attr\n|; my $val = $node->textContent; print qq|Value of D is: $val\n|; } }