Author 1 Keyword1 Headline1 Image1 Desc 1 Author 2 Keyword2 Headline 2 Image2 Decs 2 #### #!/home/y/bin/perl5.8.5 -w use XML::Parser; use strict; use Data::Dumper; my $parser = new XML::Parser(ErrorContext => 2); my $xmlStr = ""; my $pageFlag =0 ; my $authorFlag = 0; my $titleFlag = 0; my $descFlag = 0; my $headlineFlag = 0; my $imageFlag = 0 ; my $keywordFlag = 0; my @pagesArray = (); my %hash = (); my $pageEnd = 0 ; my $authorTxt = ''; my $keywordTxt = ''; my $headlineTxt = ''; my $imageTxt =''; my $descTxt = ''; $xmlStr = " Author 1 Keyword1 Headline1 Image1 Desc 1 Author 2 Keyword2 Headline 2 Image2 Decs 2 "; $parser->setHandlers( Start => \&start_handler, Char => \&char_handler, End => \&end_handler); $parser->parse($xmlStr); print Dumper @pagesArray; exit; sub char_handler { my ($p, $data) = @_; if($pageFlag ==1 && $authorFlag ==1 ){ $authorTxt .= $data; } if($pageFlag ==1 && $keywordFlag ==1 ){ $keywordTxt .= $data; } if($pageFlag ==1 && $headlineFlag ==1 ){ $headlineTxt .= $data; } if($pageFlag ==1 && $imageFlag ==1 ){ $imageTxt .= $data; } if($pageFlag ==1 && $descFlag ==1 ){ $descTxt .= $data; } } sub start_handler { my ($p, $data) = @_; if($data =~ /^(page)$/) { %hash = (); $pageFlag = 1; } if($data =~ /^author$/) { $authorFlag = 1; } if($data =~ /^keywords$/) { $keywordFlag = 1; } if($data =~ /^headline$/) { $headlineFlag = 1; } if($data =~ /^image$/) { $imageFlag = 1; } if($data =~ /^description$/) { $descFlag = 1; } } sub end_handler { my ($p, $data) = @_; if($data =~ /^author$/) { $hash{author} = $authorTxt; $authorTxt = ''; print "Author -- $hash{author} \n"; $authorFlag = 0; } if($data =~ /^keywords$/) { $hash{keywords} = $keywordTxt; $keywordTxt = ''; print "Keyword -- $hash{keywords}\n"; $keywordFlag = 0; } if($data =~ /^headline$/) { $hash{headline} = $headlineTxt; $headlineTxt = ''; print "Head -- $hash{headline}\n"; $headlineFlag = 0; } if($data =~ /^image$/) { $hash{image} = $imageTxt; $imageTxt = ''; print "Image -- $hash{image}\n"; $imageFlag = 0; } if($data =~ /^description$/) { $hash{description} = $descTxt; $descTxt =''; print "Desc -- $hash{description}\n"; $descFlag = 0; } if($data =~ /^page$/) { push(@pagesArray,\%hash); } }