Dear Monks

I have already asked same type of the doubt earlier. I have asked for converting the text splitted with tab space to elements.

Now im facing 2 problems. Even though i some what managed the first one, im unable to solve the second.

First one is:

Im having the input file separated by tabspaces 

Input:
<thead>
abc   bcd   def
abc   bcd   def
abc   bcd   def
</thead>
OUTPUT:
<thead>
<row><col>abc</col><col>bcd</col><col>def</col></row>
<row><col>abc</col><col>bcd</col><col>def</col></row>
<row><col>abc</col><col>bcd</col><col>def</col></row>
</thead>

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I have done it by using subs_text(qr{(.+?)\n}m,"row") and then for each row again doing subs_text(qr{(.+?)\t}m,"col"). the problem im getting is first two columns are get converted but not the last column because of absence of tab at last. I have managed to convert last column with "col" by getting last child of the row which is text and then wrap it with "col" value. Am I doing right. I think this will be done more easier than what i have done. If so How?

My second question is:

If i already have some elements inside the same content given above. For example, 

Input:
<thead>
abc   <ex>bcd</ex>   <lp>def</lp>
abc   <ex>bcd</ex>   def
abc   bcd   def
</thead>
OUTPUT:
<thead>
<row><col>abc</col><col><ex>bcd</ex></col><col><lp>def</lp></col></row
+>
<row><col>abc</col><col><ex>bcd</ex></col><col>def</col></row>
<row><col>abc</col><col>bcd</col><col>def</col></row>
</thead>

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For the above code each "\n" is for the row separation but i m not able to convert the input into the required output. I dont know how to select the content upto tab space. I face problem only when a tab space is between two elements.

Please give me suggestions for the above questions.

Thanks in advance

--Murugesan.

In reply to AGAIN XML::Twig tag conversion by murugu

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