Hi, I'm new to Perl and need to output some XML documents. So I found a module and can create a document, like this:

use strict;
use XML::Generator;
open (RPT, ">menu.xml");
my $gen = XML::Generator->new(
    'escape' => 'always', 'pretty' => 2);
my $xml = 
$gen->Menu(
    $gen->Course("Appetizers"),
    $gen->Items(
        $gen->Name("Soup"),
        $gen->Name("Salad")
    ),
    $gen->Course("Entres"),
    $gen->Items(
        $gen->Name("Oysters"),
        $gen->Name("Pizza")
    )
);
print RPT "$xml";
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But the document needs to be dynamic, so I tried foreach loops like this:

use strict;
use XML::Generator;
open (NEWRPT, ">newmenu.xml");
my %myhash = (    "Appetizers" => ["Soup", "Salad"],
        "Entres" => ["Oysters", "Pizza"]
    );

my $newgen = XML::Generator->new(
    'escape' => 'always', 'pretty' => 2);
my $newxml =
$newgen->Menu(
    foreach my $course (keys %myhash) {
        $newgen->Course("$course"),
        $newgen->Items(
        my @items = @{$myhash{$course}};
        foreach my $item (@items) {
            $newgen->Name("$item")
        })
});
print NEWRPT "$newxml";
[download]

But this fails at the 1st foreach. I've searhed several places, but have not yet found a solution. Is a loop like this possible? Am I taking the wrong approach? Thank you, Martin

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