I have the following problem when using module 'XML::Simple'. I have an XML config file 'local.xml' that looks like this: 

<WHICS>
   <WhicsService>
      <Parameters>
         <WHICS>
            <Value>123.456.7.89</Value>
            <Detail>Name of Unix system running WHICS</Detail>
         </WHICS>
         <ServersMax>
            <Value>15</Value>
            <Detail>Maximum number of servers running on WHICS</Detail
+>
         </ServersMax>
         <Service Name="WR80B">
            <Runable>
               <Value>yes</Value>
               <Detail>Run WR80B process if value is yes else does not
+ stat WR80B</Detail>
            </Runable>
            <PortOut>
               <Value>4100</Value>
               <Detail>Default port for Unix server connections</Detai
+l>
            </PortOut>
            <command>
               <Value>cd /whics/ahm &amp;&amp; ./bin/wh_wweb80.sh </Va
+lue>
               <Detail>Unix command required to run WR81B</Detail>
            </command>
            <ServersMin>
               <Value>7</Value>
               <Detail>Minimum number of servers running on WHICS</Det
+ail>
            </ServersMin>
         </Service>
      </Parameters>         
   </WhicsService>
</WHICS>

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I want to parse this XML file and extract some values. My script 'foo.pl' looks like this: 

#!perl

use XML::Simple;

my $config = XMLin("local.xml");

print $config->{WhicsService}->{Parameters}->{WHICS}->{Value} . "\n"; 
+# prints '123.456.78.9'

print $config->{WhicsService}->{Parameters}->{ServersMax}->{Value} . "
+\n"; # prints '15'

print $config->{WhicsService}->{Parameters}->{Service}->{WR80B}->{Runa
+ble}->{Value} . "\n";

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The first two 'print' lines work fine but the third 'print line does not print 'yes', instead nothing is printed. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Adam

In reply to Problem using module XML::Simple by adam_2005

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