I stared to learn XML::Writer and XML::Reader


use XML::Writer;
use XML::Reader;
use IO::File;

open(FH,"./input.txt"); #open the input file
my $input;
my $output = new IO::File(">converted_to_xml.xml"); #file to write the
+ converted content
my $writer = new XML::Writer(OUTPUT => $output); #write into the opene
+d file

my @array=qw(name emp_no designation salary);

while($input=<FH>){ #Read the input line from the file
    chomp($input);  #remove the newline character
    my($name,$emp_no,$designation,$salary)=split /:/, $input; #split t
+he input by comma character
    $writer->xmlDecl("UTF-8"); #XML declaration

    foreach my $val(@array){
        $writer->startTag("$val");       #Starting tag
        my $var="\$".$val;
        $writer->characters(eval("$var"));    #Character data in an XM
+L document
        $writer->endTag("$val");
    }

    
} 
$writer->end();
$output->close();

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In this above code I was using the XML::Writer to generate the XML file like below for each employee.

<name>XXXX</name> <emp_no>XXXX<emp_no> <designation>XXX<designation> <salary>XXXX<salary>

When I execute the above code it says error message,

Attempt to insert start tag after close of document element at Write_to_XML.pl line 47

If I use the endTag after the foreach loop I won't get XML file with all employee, I get only first employee details in the XML file.

In reply to XML::Writer error message by vinoth.ree

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