I know XML::Simple is not that easy...
No, his problem is not easyness but rightness: See
XML::Simple needs to go!
I'd prefere
XML::Twig that has also
good tutorials on his own website, with fully explained basic (and advanced) examples.
L*
There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.