#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use XML::Twig; my $string = "\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "; print $string; my $twig = XML::Twig->new; $twig->parse( $string ); my @names = $twig->ancestors('values'); print @names;