Dude ... it's right there in the first couple of lines of XML::XPath: 

    my $nodeset = $row->find('AD');

    foreach my $node ( $nodeset->get_nodelist ) {
      my $xref = $node->find( '@XREF' )->string_value;
      my $fname = $node->find( 'FName')->string_value;
      my $lname = $node->find('LName')->string_value;
      my $bdate = $node->find('BDate')->string_value;
      my $no = $node->find('No')->string_value;
      my $state = $node->find('State')->string_value;
      my $ssss = $node->find('SSSS')->string_value;
      my $train = $node->find('Train')->string_value;
      my $volume = $node->find('Volume')->string_value;
      my $cno = $node->find('CNo')->string_value;
      my $id = $node->find('ID')->string_value;


      print "1-$trans - 2-$cert - 3-$xref - 4-$fname - 5-$lname - 6-$b
+date -
             7-$no - 8-$state - 9-$ssss - 10-$train - 11-$volume - 12-
+$cno -
             13-$id\n";
  }

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but then again ... I prefer to use XSLT for stuff like this ... I love the pain

-derby

In reply to Re^3: XML Path and Perl by derby
in thread XML Path and Perl by Anonymous Monk

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