OK, I can do this but how would I use XML::XPATH after slurping the file into a variable? Here is my situation: Its been treated as text, I rather treat the file like XML for validation. Any suggestions? 
my @memberstocheck = ('12345', '88766', '887766', '009888', '111233', 
+'99877');

# Check XML file.
  my @xml = $zip->membersMatching( '.*\.XML' );

  foreach (@xml) 
   {
      # Slurp file
      my $contents = $_->contents();
      open my $contents_fh, '<', \$contents
            or die "Can't open scalar filehandle: $!";
      my $first_line = <$contents_fh>;

      while (<$contents_fh>)
       {
          chomp;      
          if(/<accnumber>(.*?)<\/accnumber>/gi)
           {
              my $acc = $1;
              foreach (@memberstocheck) 
               { 
                  if (/^($acc)/g) 
                   { 
                      print "$acc - ".$_."\n";
                  } 
              } 
         
          }
      
       }
   
    }

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In reply to Re^2: Stripping off the first line of file help! by Anonymous Monk
in thread Stripping off the first line of file help! by Anonymous Monk

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