Inspired by OeufMayo's XML::Parser Tutorial many months ago, i wrote a similar version with XML::Simple. Since then, the computer the script resided on crashed, and i had to rewrite it. So, i present it here in the hopes that when my new computer crashes, i can get a copy here . . . um, yeah.

Update: (Aug 20, 2001)
added 'forcearray' option to handle edge conditions (no messages, one message) 

use strict;
use XML::Simple;
use LWP::Simple;

use constant URL => q|http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=chatterbox+xm
+l+ticker|;

$| = 1;

my $cb_ticker = get(URL)                        or die "site down!";
my $xml       = XMLin($cb_ticker,forcearray=>1) or die "xml error!";

foreach my $msg (@{$xml->{'message'}}) {
   my $auth = $msg->{'author'}  || '';
   my $cont = $msg->{'content'} || '';
   my $time = $msg->{'time'}    || '';

   $time = join(":", $time =~ /^\d{8}(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)$/) if $time;
   $cont =~ s/\n//g;
   $cont =~ s/^\/me/$auth/;

   print "$time - [$auth] $cont\n";
}

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