Idont want to use SAX or DOM to parse(Overkill)

So instead of using something that parses XML and that makes life easy for you, you'd rather spend time writing something that parses some format that looks like XML (see On XML parsing to see why you probably won't cover the entire spec)? Does this seem like sound software engineering practice to you?

Some very knowledgeable people indeed use regexps to parse XML. People who _really_ know what they are doing, why they are using regexps (they need the speed) and when to use them (the XML is in a known format). Before getting to that level, and needing the speed, I really think it's much safer , not to mention easier, to use a parser.

You would have to show us an example of the data if you want help here. XML::Simple might or might not be what you need BTW, its output is often quite different from the input.

This might help you, should you choose to go the overkill way ;--):

 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict; 

use XML::Twig;
use YAML;

my %hash;
XML::Twig->new( twig_handlers =>
                  { elt => sub { $hash{$_->field('key')}= $_->field('v
+alue');
                                 $_->insert_new_elt( first_child => ts
+ => scalar localtime);
                                 $_[0]->flush; # flushes the doc to us
+e less memory (might be overkill ;--)
                               }
                  },
                pretty_print => 'record_c',
              )
          ->parse( \*DATA)
          ->flush; # to flush the closing tag for doc

print "\n\nHASH:\n", Dump \%hash; 

__DATA__
<doc>
  <elt><key>key1</key><value>value1</value></elt>
  <elt><key>key2</key><value>value2</value></elt>
  <elt><key>key3</key><value>value3</value></elt>
  <elt><key>key4</key><value>value4</value></elt>
</doc>

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In reply to Re: Regex et XML by mirod
in thread Regex et XML by butlerdi

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