Much of Re^5: error : can't locate object method "getAttribute" via package XML::DOM::NodeList still applies, except now it's even code you've written yourself already, to remove a child node. Maybe add to that code more code to remove other child nodes.

hi corion, that empty line is another child of $Item element I understood that but it is a XML::DOM::TEXT element. I don't know how to remove text nodes? don't write any code for me (y) but could you please tell me how to do that

to remove a node I do : $parent_name=removeChild($node_name)but to remove text node what should I write in place of $node_name

In the code you already wrote yourself, you use the method ->removeChild. This method is just as applicable for text nodes as it is for other nodes. Maybe now is a really good moment to familiarize yourself with XML and the DOM?

Hi,

understood your point! thanks but I am unable to implement it in my script. could you please provide me with a prototype or an example script for my problem ???

Can I see what you tried?

hey was doing a silly mistake. tried the above code . it works! thanks for the help

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
use XML::DOM;

my $parser=new XML::DOM::Parser;

my $doc=$parser->parsefile('C:\perl\perl_tests\xmlin2.xml') or die$!;
my $root=$doc->getDocumentElement();

my @address=$root->getElementsByTagName("address");
foreach my $address(@address)
{
    if($address->getAttribute("name") eq "Joey")
    {
        if(my $item=$address->getElementsByTagName("item")->item(0))
        {
            if(my $data=$item->getElementsByTagName("data")->item(0))
            {
            $item->removeChild($data);
            my @list=$item->getChildNodes;        
                foreach my $list(@list)
                {
                    if($list->getNodeType==TEXT_NODE)
                    {
                    $item->removeChild($list);
                    }
                }                    
            }
        }
    }
}    
$doc->setXMLDecl($doc->createXMLDecl('1.0','UTF-8'));
$doc->printToFile("C:/perl/perl_tests/xmlin2.xml");
$doc->dispose;
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