Is there a way to parse a particular field for a certain element? Currently I'm using substr, but I think there is a better way of doing it. 
    foreach my $xml_file (@dipfile) {
    my $ref = XML::Simple::XMLin($xml_file, SuppressEmpty => '');
    
    my ($default_name) = $ref->{defaultName};
    my ($doc_type) = '1';
    my ($default_description) = $ref->{defaultDescription};
    my ($report_time) = $ref->{reportExecutionTime};
    my ($reportSearchPath) = $ref->{reportSearchPath};
    #Example of data in XML field /content/folder[@name='Opertations']
+/report[@name='Daily Deposit Correction']
    my $temp = substr($reportSearchPath,22,11);
    if (substr($reportSearchPath,24,11) eq 'Operations') {
        $doc_type = 2;
    }

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Thanks, Dave

In reply to Parse XML Field by drodinthe559

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