Hi Guys,
I am trying to use XML::Writer. I would like the output to goto a string instead of a output file

As per cpan documentation

OUTPUT
An object blessed into IO::Handle or one of its subclasses (such as IO::File), or a reference to a string; if this parameter is not present, the module will write to standard output. If a string reference is passed, it will capture the generated XML (as a string; to get bytes use the Encode module). 
my $writer = new XML::Writer(OUTPUT => $output);

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However when I declare 
$output = \"";

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I get an error.
Anyone any idea.

2006-02-15 Retitled by Arunbear, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'XML::Writer'

In reply to Writing output to a scalar with XML::Writer by longliveAJ

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