Hello all, Looking for help adding additional nested elements to my data structure for eventual output with XML:Simple. Here are the significant portions of my code:
use XML::Simple;
my $xs = XML::Simple->new( ForceArray => 1, KeepRoot => 1, NoAttr => 1
+, KeyAttr => [] );
my $data = { 'Things' => { 'Thing' => [] } };

...

push @{ $data->{Things}->{Thing} },
    {
    'Item' => $var1,
    'Number' => $var2,
    'Details' => {
            'Detail' => {
                    'Color' => $var3
                        }
             },
    };

...

push @{ $data->{Things}->{Thing} },
    {
    'AdditionalInfo' => {
        'Info' => $var4,
        'Stuff' => $var5,
        'MoreDetails' => {
                'ExtraColor' => $var6
                 }
        }
    };

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I'd like to add one or more chunks of 'additional info' as needed. I'd like my resulting XML to look like this: 
<Things>
    <Thing>
        <Item>Item1</Item>
        <Number>123</Number>
        <Details>
            <Detail>
                <Color>Blue</Color>
            </Detail>
        </Details>
        <AdditionalInfo>
            <Info>data</Info>
            <Stuff>moredata</Stuff>
            <MoreDetails>
                <ExtraColor>Purple</ExtraColor>
            </MoreDetails>
        </AdditionalInfo>
    </Thing>
</Things>

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How can I add a hash of additional infomation to a specific Item? When I run the code above the 'AdditionInfo' hash gets appended to the end of the data structure, which makes sense. How do I add data deeper than the initial data structure declaration?
Thanks for any insight provided. I've already read perldata, BTW...

Rob

In reply to XML::Simple and Adding Additional Nested Elements by Ozeroc
in thread XML::Simple and Adding Nested Elements by Ozeroc

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