OK I decided to try my luck with XML::Dumper and XML::Simple. They are easyly installed and I guess they just have to do. I got the code down to :
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
use strict;
use XML::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;

my $xmlfile = "e:/topo.xml";

my $ref = eval { XMLin($xmlfile) };



if ($@){
    print "XML Read ERROR";
 } else {        

    foreach my $item (@{$ref->{Layer2Details}}){
        print $item->{IPAddresse}, "\n";
    
    }
 }

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and the Dumper gives this:
$VAR1 = {
          'SchemaVersion' => '1.0',
          'Layer2Details' => {
                             'Device' => [
                                         {
                                           'DeviceName' => 'LWL-H91-CW
+-4-5-4.bc.de.bic',
                                           'DeviceType' => 'C2950G-24'
+,
                                           'IPAddress' => '148.192.59.
+254',
                                           'Neighbors' => {
                                                          'Neighbor' =
+> [

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now I just have to know how to get over the Layer2Detail into the Device section. The rest I know. Any help on that?? Would really be great and thanks for taking that much time helping me already.

In reply to Re: Extracting tagged data from a XML file by theroninwins
in thread Extracting tagged data from a XML file by theroninwins

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