'growth_since_2w' => '16923',
          'followersperdate' => {
                                'date2009-09-03' => '17839',
                                'date2009-08-14' => '17309',
                                'date2009-07-11' => '15530',
                                'date2009-06-23' => '13116',
                                'date2009-09-05' => '17883',
                                'date2009-08-25' => '17668',
                                'date2009-08-12' => '17309',
                                'date2009-09-09' => '17883',
                                'date2009-08-09' => '16754',
                                'date2009-08-10' => '16754',
                                'date2009-06-26' => '13845',
                                'date2009-08-27' => '17668',
                                'date2009-08-24' => '17668',
                                'date2009-06-29' => '14294',
                                'date2009-08-22' => '17668',
                                'date2009-08-11' => '16754',
                                'date2009-08-18' => '17309',
                                'date2009-08-02' => '16579',
                                'date2009-08-01' => '16579',
                                'date2009-09-08' => '17883',
                                'date2009-08-28' => '17668',
                                'date2009-09-06' => '17883',
                                'date2009-06-16' => '10161',
                                'date2009-08-20' => '17668',
                                'date2009-08-05' => '16579',
                                'date2009-09-04' => '17839',
                                'date2009-08-16' => '17309',
                                'date2009-08-03' => '16579',
                                'date2009-06-21' => '12101',
                                'date2009-08-21' => '17668',
                                'date2009-09-02' => '17839',
                                'date2009-09-10' => '17883',
                                'date2009-08-30' => '17830',
                                'date2009-08-26' => '17668',
                                'date2009-08-23' => '17668',
                                'date2009-07-31' => '16468',
                                'date2009-08-15' => '17309',
                                'date2009-08-19' => '17668',
                                'date2009-06-17' => '10161',
                                'date2009-08-17' => '17309',
                                'date2009-08-06' => '16579',
                                'date2009-08-04' => '16579',
                                'date2009-08-29' => '17830',
                                'date2009-06-25' => '13116',
                                'date2009-08-31' => '17830',
                                'date2009-07-14' => '15530',
                                'date2009-07-08' => '14685',
                                'date2009-06-18' => '10807',
                                'date2009-09-07' => '17883',
                                'date2009-07-02' => '14685',
                                'date2009-06-24' => '13116',
                                'date2009-07-18' => '15586',
                                'date2009-07-05' => '14685',
                                'date2009-09-11' => '17883',
                                'date2009-06-22' => '12552',
                                'date2009-08-13' => '17309',
                                'date2009-09-01' => '17839',
                                'date2009-06-19' => '11401',
                                'date2009-06-20' => '11401'
                              },
          'tomorrow' => '18014',

##</code><code>##

	my $data = $xml->XMLin( $my_xml_file );

	my %followers = $data->{followersperdate};

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