I think that should've been XML::XPath ... which I inherited from for my XML::Tidy module. You might try:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; use warnings; use XML::XPath;
my $xpob = XML::XPath->new('xml' => '<SuperItem>
  <UserID>1234</UserID>
  <MajorItems>
    <MinorItem>
      <Item>Box</Item>
    </MinorItem>
  </MajorItems>
  <MajorItems>
    <MinorItem>
      <Item>Suitcase</Item>
    </MinorItem>
  </MajorItems>
</SuperItem>');
my    @itmz = $xpob->findnodes('//Item');    # retn nodez in doc ordr
print $itmz[1]->getChildNode(1)->getValue(); # XPath indices are 1-bas
+ed
# ... so the abov line takes the 2nd <Item /> elem (Bcuz Perl is 0-bas
+ed)
# && traverses down to its 1st child-node (this time no more nested el
+emz
# but just a TextNode as the only child) to print that value: "Suitcas
+e"

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XPath is good shit. Just today, I used it in a COLLADA file with: '//node[@type="JOINT"]' to give me all the elements that describe animation bones for a Wii game I'm working on. Tim sure is Toady. ;) Have fun!

-Pip@CPAN.Org
PipForPresident.Org

In reply to Re^2: XML: Simple - nested XML data by PipTigger
in thread XML: Simple - nested XML data by dmaranan

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