use strict; use warnings; use XML::Rules; my $xml_raw = < ... XML_RAW my $parser = XML::Rules->new( stripspaces => 7, rules => { _default => '', river => 'content array', fish => sub { print <<"*END*"; [ Survey information for: $_[1]->{name} ]: Saltwater:$_[1]->{saltwater} Freshwater:$_[1]->{freshwater} Rivers covered in survey: *END* for (@{$_[1]->{river}}) { print $_, "\n"; } print "\n"; }, } ); $parser->parse($xml_raw);