What I want to do is parse this hash to a xml file.
I want to be able to get the data from the xml file back into
the structure.

Is there any simple why to do this? If not can you point me to
a absolute beginners step by step, that can help me learn enough
to accomplish this?

The only difference in all the records is the number of items in
'seven'. 
my %t_type = (

    'a' => {
        one => {low => 1000, high => 3000, percent => 25},
        two => {low => 200,high => 2000, percent => 30},
        three => {low => 1000,high => 6000, percent => 40},
        four => {low => 300,high => 1800, percent => 35},
        five => {low => 10, high => 40, percent => 60},
        six => {low => 2, high => 12, percent => 50},
        seven => [
            {select => 'small',low => 3,high => 3,percent => 30},
        ],
    },
    
    'b' => {
        one => {low => 1000, high => 3000, percent => 25},
        two => {low => 200,high => 2000, percent => 30},
        three => {low => 1000,high => 6000, percent => 40},
        four => {low => 300,high => 1800, percent => 35},
        five => {low => 10, high => 40, percent => 60},
        six => {low => 2, high => 12, percent => 50},
        seven => [
            {select => 'medium',low => 1,high => 1,percent => 10},
            {select => 'large',low => 1,high => 1,percent => 10},
        ],
    },    
    
    .... more records follow
    
);

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