Re^2: Comparing nodes in LibXML

my $nn1 = $c1->localname();
my $nn2 = $c2->localname();
print "\$nn1 $nn1\n\$nn2 $nn2\n\n";

Output:

$nn1 Authors
$nn2 Authors
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Re^3: Comparing nodes in LibXML by worik (Sexton) on Sep 03, 2015 at 02:56 UTC
localname is helpful. I missed it in the documentation. But it is only half the picture as it strips namespace information. Evven though it seems that namespaces are an abomination in XML I need to account for them. I am not generating the XML I have to eat.	[reply]
Re^4: Comparing nodes in LibXML by tangent (Parson) on Sep 03, 2015 at 03:05 UTC
You can get the prefix at the same time `my ($prefix,$name) = ( $node->prefix(), $node->localname() );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Comparing nodes in LibXML by worik (Sexton) on Sep 03, 2015 at 20:16 UTC
The prefix does not help as it is not unique	[reply]