1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 #### use XML::Simple; my $simple = XML::Simple -> new (); my $tree = $simple->XMLin($xmlfile); @values = split ',', $tree->{report}{node}{values}; @time = split ',', $tree->{report}{node}{time}; #### 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160