I got my script to parse out an XML message. However, I did receive a few error messages. Below is code and errors

  my $line = <>;
    print "This is what line looks like $line \n";
  #while ($line = !<>) {
    chomp($line);
    print "This is what line looks like $line \n";
    my @items = (split /></, $line);
    printf "\n\n Item 1 $items[1], \n Item 2 $items[2],  \n Item 3 $it
+ems[3]\n";
   
#  }

Missing argument in printf at ./XML_parse line 19, <> line 1.
Invalid conversion in printf: "%20R" at ./XML_parse line 19, <> line 1
+.

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Also, how could I parse a file that has more than 2 messages? I.e. what would be the message delimiter? I have been 'asked' not to download the XML module on my workstation, so I am trying to be creative. :) TIA The Catfish

In reply to XML parsing by catfish1116

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