use warnings; use strict; use XML::Twig; my $str = < EOF my $t = XML::Twig->new( twig_handlers => { object => \&woof } ); $t->parse($str); sub woof { my ($t, $obj) = @_; if ($obj->att('type') eq 'Dog') { my $name; my $id; my $bname; for my $prop ($obj->children('property')) { $name = $prop->att('value') if $prop->att('name') eq 'name'; $id = $prop->att('value') if $prop->att('name') eq 'dog_breed_id'; $bname = $prop->att('value') if $prop->att('name') eq 'dog_breed_name'; } print "$name,$id,$bname\n"; } } __END__ REX,0,Husky