use XML::TreeBuilder; foreach my $drug ($tree->find_by_tag_name('drug')){ my @targets = $drug->look_down ('_tag', 'targets')->look_down ('_tag', 'target')->attr_get_i('partner'); foreach my $id (@targets){print "\t$id";} my @actions = $drug->look_down ('_tag', 'targets')->look_down ('_tag', 'known-action')->as_text; foreach my $act (@actions){print "\t$act";} }