Having trouble accessing the elements of the associative arrary XML::Simple creates
my code:

$xml = new XML::Simple;
$data = $xml->XMLin("data.xml");
print $data->{employee}->[0]->{name};

the last line above is what doesn't work.
error: Not an ARRAY reference at file.pl Line 3 XML File: 
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<employees>
    <employee>
        <name>John Doe</name>
        <age>43</age>
        <sex>M</sex>
        <department>Operations</department>
    </employee>
    <employee>
        <name>Jane Doe</name>
        <age>31</age>
        <sex>F</sex>
        <department>Accounts</department>
    </employee>
</employees>

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So, trying to print out one of the names... can't get the syntax right. If I go: print $data->{employee}; I get a hash reference... does that mean I have to put it into a hash first?

In reply to XML::Simple - multi level by djbryson

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