my $myhash = \%HoH; my $dom = 'XML::LibXML'->load_xml(location => 'test.osm'); for my $node ($dom->findnodes('/osm/node')) { my $tag = $node->findnodes('tag[@k="name"]')->[0]; my $key = "$node->{lat}.$node->{lon}"; if (exists $HoH{$key}){ $tag->{v} = $HoH{$key}->{name}; $node->{id} = $HoH{$key}->{id}; } else { print "$_\n" for keys %HoH; my($lat_key, $lon_key) = split(/./, $, 2); my $new_node = 'XML::LibXML::Element'->new("node"); my $id = 'XML::LibXML::Attr'->new("id",$HoH{$key}->{id}); my $lat = 'XML::LibXML::Attr'->new("lat",$lat_key); my $lon = 'XML::LibXML::Attr'->new("lon",$lon_key); $new_node->setAttribute($id); $new_node->setAttribute($lat); $new_node->setAttribute($lon); my $new_node_child = 'XML::LibXML::Element'->new("tag"); my $k = 'XML::LibXML::Attr'->new("k",'name'); my $v = 'XML::LibXML::Attr'->new("v",$HoH{$key}->{name}); $new_node_child->setAttribute($k); $new_node_child->setAttribute($v); $new_node->addChild($new_node_child); } } $dom->toFile('new_test.osm');