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