Hi all,

I'm using XML:Simple to read a configuration from a XML file. The code is working, but I’m facing now a problem when it read the regex that includes an xml tag. xml file below:

Config file: 

<sourcetype>
  <name>G1</name>
  <desc>group 1 to decode</desc>
  <rules>
    <rule>['^\d(.)','14']</rule>
    <rule>['^(<xyz>)']</rule>
    <rule>['^(</xyz>)']</rule>
  </rules>
</sourcetype>

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Script: 

my $xml = new XML::Simple( KeyAttr=>[] );
my $data = $xml->XMLin( $config_file );
foreach my $sourcetype ( @{$data->{sourcetypes}{sourcetype}} )
{
  print "  " . $sourcetype->{name} . "\t\t" . $sourcetype->{desc} . "\
+n";
}

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When I run the script it complains:

Opening and ending tag mismatch: xyz line 10 and rule Opening and ending tag mismatch: rule line 11 and rule at …/XML/LibXML/SAX.pm line 64 at …/5.8.4/XML/Simple.pm line 362

Is it possible to have regex as a tag value like “'^(<xyz>)'” and read it as a string?

Thank you in advance, Best regards.

In reply to XML:Simple read tag value with regex by filipebean

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