I must be missing something about how to use XML::XPath::XMLParser::as_string. Here's what I am doing. 

my $xp = XML::XPath->new(xml => $fpdomaininfo );
my $nodeset = $xp->find('//cidr-map');
foreach my $node ($nodeset->get_nodelist) {
    my $node_name = $node->findvalue ( '@name' );
        my $ips_as_string = XML::XPath::XMLParser::as_string($node);
        $ips_as_string =~ s/ /:/g;

        # this prints nice list of ipaddresses 
        # 127.0.0.1:198.168.1.1:198.168.1.2
        print "<hr><hr>" . __LINE__ . "<br>" . $ips_as_string . "<hr><
+hr>\n";

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The above code works fine as far as I can tell. A list if IP addresses is displayed separated by a ':'. Next I do this ... 
        my @ips = split /:/, $ips_as_string;

        # Dumper outputs this ...
        # 589
        # $VAR1 = '
        print "<hr><hr>" . __LINE__ . "<br>" . Dumper( @ips ) . "<hr><
+hr>\n";

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The output is ... 
589
$VAR1 = '

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... next I do this ... 
    # this prints crap if XML in it !!!
        for my $ip ( @ips ) {   print "$ip<br>"; }

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... where the output include XML tags :/

Is there some subtle point to XML::XPath::XMLParser::as_string I am missing?

In reply to Trouble using XML::XPath::XMLParser::as_string ? by Plankton

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