in reply to Re^2: Update an XML node value based on one of the attribute values.
in thread Update an XML node value based on one of the attribute values.

Well neither XML::LibXML::Element nor its base class XML::LibXML::Node list any "setdata" method, so not sure why you keep trying to use it :)

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$ perl -MXML::LibXML -le " $q = XML::LibXML::Element->new(q{q});  $q->
+removeChildNodes; $q->appendText(55);  print $q;"
<q>55</q>

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