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use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::LibXML;

my $xml1 = <<XML;
<doc>
<id>
   <elements>
   <element1>matching text</element1>
   <element2>other text</element2>
   <element3>other text</element3>
   </elements>
</id>
</doc>
XML
my $xml2 = <<XML;
<doc>
<id>
   <elements>
   <element1>matching text</element1>
   <element2>another text</element2>
   <element3>other text</element3>
   </elements>
</id>
</doc>
XML

my $parser = XML::LibXML->new();
my $doc1   = $parser->parse_string($xml1);
my $doc2   = $parser->parse_string($xml2);

my @doc1Nodes =
    map {[$_->textContent(), $_->nodeName()]}
    grep {$_->nodeName() =~ /^element/}
    map {$_->childNodes()} $doc1->findnodes('//doc/id/elements');
my @doc2Nodes =
    map {[$_->textContent(), $_->nodeName()]}
    grep {$_->nodeName() =~ /^element/}
    map {$_->childNodes()} $doc2->findnodes('//doc/id/elements');

for my $index (0 .. $#doc1Nodes) {
    print "Mismatch in $doc1Nodes[$index][1]\n"
        if $doc1Nodes[$index][0] ne $doc2Nodes[$index][0];
}

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Prints:

Mismatch in element2

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True laziness is hard work

In reply to Re: print specific XML node number by GrandFather
in thread print specific XML node number by zak_s

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