Hi rsriram,

You can do that using XML::Twig. Take a look at 'add_id' method in that. From XML::Twig documentation,

add_id 

Add an id to the element.

The id is an attribute (id by default, see the id option for XML::Twig
+ new to change it. Use an id starting with # to get an id that's not 
+output by print, flush or sprint) that allows you to use the elt_id m
+ethod to get the element easily.

set_id_seed ($prefix) 

by default the id generated by add_id is twig_id_<nnnn>, set_id_seed c
+hanges the prefix to $prefix and resets the number to 1
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Here is one way to do it.

use strict;
use XML::Twig;

my $string = '<xml>
<p>here the paragraph comes</p>
<p>here the paragraph comes</p>
<p>here the paragraph comes</p>
</xml>';

my $twig = new XML::Twig(
                    
        twig_handlers => {
    
           p => sub { $_->add_id() }, #insert element id

                               },
        pretty_print => 'indented' #print format
);

$twig->set_id_seed( '' );

$twig->parse($string);

$string = $twig->sprint;

print $string;

output:
-------
<xml>
  <p id="1">here the paragraph comes</p>
  <p id="2">here the paragraph comes</p>
  <p id="3">here the paragraph comes</p>
</xml>
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updated: added set_id_seed instead of regex. derby thanks :)

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