I agree, XML::Simple is a nice module for quickly parsing simple XML data.

Of course a question that may need to be answered is, "Why use a parser over a regexp?" Although the regular expression may do the job for you now, it may break in the future should the format of the incoming document change. No doubt you could extend your own routine to the point of being a full-featured parser, but that has already been done for you in the form of several very good parsing modules ( of course, if you can improve the world by writing a new parser, don't hesitate to do so! )

Though the overhead of running a full-fledged parser may be a little greater than an ad hoc solution, it might save you some maintenance headaches later.

In reply to Re: Re: XML::parser question by signal9
in thread XML::parser question by semio

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