Please supply a complete, self-contained example that exhibits the problem you show.

I can't replicate your problem using the following code. Most likely, you're calling ->text on an undefined value somewhere else in your program:

use strict;
use XML::Twig;

warn XML::Twig->VERSION;

my $twig = XML::Twig->new();
$twig->parse(<<'XML');
    <addr>
      <city/>
    </addr>
XML

my $res = eval {
  $twig->first_child('address')->first_child('city')->text;
};
print "Got " . $res;
__END__
3.48 at tmp.pl line 4.
Use of uninitialized value $res in concatenation (.) or string at tmp.
+pl line 16.
Got

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In reply to Re: XML::Twig and Eval by Corion
in thread XML::Twig and Eval by Anonymous Monk

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