use warnings; use strict; use XML::Twig; use Data::Dump::Streamer; my $xml = < XML my $yahoo = 'one'; my @ones; my $twig = XML::Twig->new ( pretty_print => 'indented', twig_roots => { computer => sub {oneHandler (\@ones, $yahoo, @_);} } ); $twig->parse ($xml); Dump (\@ones); sub oneHandler { my ($ones, $yabal, $twig, $elt) = @_; return unless $elt->att ('id') eq $yabal; for my $child ($elt->children ()) { my %atts = %{$child->atts ()}; next unless %atts; push @$ones, \%atts; } } #### $ARRAY1 = [ { true => 'yes' }, { value => 'scanner' } ];