use strict; use XML::Rules; use Text::CSV_XS; my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new (); my $parser = XML::Rules->new( stripspaces => 7, rules => { _default => 'content', record => sub { my ($tag,$attr,$context,$parent) = @_; $csv->combine ( $parent->[-1]{datetime}, $parent->[-1]{id}, $parent->[-1]{sourcecategory}, $parent->[-1]{schemeversion}, $attr->{'sentence-number'}, $attr->{'data-class'}, $attr->{'group'}, ) and print $csv->string(),"\n" or die "Error building the CSV line: ".$csv->error_input()."\n"; return; }, '^document' => sub { my ($tag,$attr) = @_; $csv->combine ( $attr->{datetime}, $attr->{id}, $attr->{sourcecategory}, $attr->{schemeversion}, ) and print $csv->string(),"\n" or die "Error building the CSV line: ".$csv->error_input()."\n"; return 1; }, 'document' => '', # do not want to remember any data } ); $parser->parse(\*DATA); __DATA__ ...