Task : Parsing the xml returned from the webserver.
Input : post a request the webserver
output : The webserver returns an XML.
problem : processing the XML (for more than 1 child element)

Below is the XMl file

<root>

 <report id="0" ip="1.1.1.1">

   <node mid="machine1" name="Winxp">
     <values>1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6</values>
     <time>110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160</time>
   </node>

</root>

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Below is the perl program

use XML::Simple;
my $simple = XML::Simple -> new ();
my $tree = $simple->XMLin($xmlfile);

@values = split ',', $tree->{report}{node}{values};
@time   = split ',', $tree->{report}{node}{time};

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Using the above program, I was able to get the values and time stamps in the array namely @values and @time. ( note there is only 1 element <node> )

But now i am to parse more than 2 child elements.

<root>

 <report id="0" ip="1.1.1.1">

   <node mid="machine1" name="Winxp">
     <values>1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6</values>
     <time>110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160</time>
   </node>

   <node mid="machine2" name="Win2003">
     <values>1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6</values>
     <time>110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160</time>
   </node>

</root>

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Note : I know the node mid and name attribute. ( I mean, I know i am requesting for 2 machines and the machine id and name are the part of the note element as attributes. )

Now how do i query that particular node and then remove its values and time element contents.

Code tags and other markup added by GrandFather

In reply to Parsing XML file for more than 1 child element with attributes by Anonymous Monk

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