I'm parsing a simple XML structure like this one:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Data>
        <Entry>
            <German>
                <Term>Vorstoss</Term>
            </German>
            <Italian>
                <Term></Term>
            </Italian>
        </Entry>
        <Entry>
            <German>
                <Term>Scheibe</Term>
            </German>
            <Italian>
                <Term>Cerchio</Term>
            </Italian>
        </Entry>
</Data>

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I'm using the following script:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use XML::Simple;
my $XmlEncoded="ciao.tmex";
my $xml = XML::Simple->new();

my $LanguageName1="German";
my $LanguageName2="Italian";

my $data = $xml->XMLin($XmlEncoded);
        
for my $entry ( @{ $data->{Entry} } ) {
    my $Term1 = $entry->{$LanguageName1}->{Term};
    my $Term2 = $entry->{$LanguageName2}->{Term};
    print "My terms: $Term1 - $Term2\n";
}

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Why when a record is empty do I get a value like HASH(0x2a268f4)? And how can I avoid it and get a simple empty value? Thank you

In reply to Parsing XML with XML::Simple by Anonymous Monk

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