#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use XML::Simple; my $xml = <<'__XML__'; Type 1 value Type 2 value Type 1 value Type 2 value Type 5 value content 1 Some stuff __XML__ my $xs1 = XML::Simple->new(); my $doc = $xs1->XMLin($xml, keyattr=>['CLASSNAME'], ForceContent=>1, ForceArray=>1); use Data::Dumper; local $Data::Dumper::Indent=1; print Dumper( $doc ); for my $sub ( keys %{ $doc->{SUB} } ){ print "Processing $sub\n"; for my $elem ( keys %{ $doc->{SUB}{$sub} } ){ print "Processing $elem\n"; for my $element ( @{ $doc->{SUB}{$sub}{$elem} } ){ print "$element Type: $$element{Type}\n"; print "$element content: $$element{content}\n"; } } } __END__ $VAR1 = { 'SUB' => { 'SUB3' => { 'Element2' => [ { 'Type' => 'Henry', 'content' => 'Some stuff' } ], 'Element1' => [ { 'Type' => 'Star', 'content' => 'content 1' } ] }, 'SUB2' => { 'Element2' => [ { 'Type' => 'Type2', 'content' => 'Type 2 value' }, { 'Type' => 'Type3', 'content' => 'Type 5 value' } ], 'Element1' => [ { 'Type' => 'Type1', 'content' => 'Type 1 value' } ] }, 'SUB1' => { 'Element2' => [ { 'Type' => 'Type2', 'content' => 'Type 2 value' } ], 'Element1' => [ { 'Type' => 'Type1', 'content' => 'Type 1 value' } ] } } }; Processing SUB3 Processing Element2 HASH(0x1ba4eb4) Type: Henry HASH(0x1ba4eb4) content: Some stuff Processing Element1 HASH(0x1ba4f44) Type: Star HASH(0x1ba4f44) content: content 1 Processing SUB2 Processing Element2 HASH(0x1ba4bfc) Type: Type2 HASH(0x1ba4bfc) content: Type 2 value HASH(0x1ba4c08) Type: Type3 HASH(0x1ba4c08) content: Type 5 value Processing Element1 HASH(0x1ba4c8c) Type: Type1 HASH(0x1ba4c8c) content: Type 1 value Processing SUB1 Processing Element2 HASH(0x1ba4980) Type: Type2 HASH(0x1ba4980) content: Type 2 value Processing Element1 HASH(0x1ba4a10) Type: Type1 HASH(0x1ba4a10) content: Type 1 value