Hi Perl Experts,  Question is similar to  http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=633541 
my $results = call_api(a,b);
#call_api returns following xml which gets stored in $results.
<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
<response>
  </one/two/value>
    ………
    ………
 <//one/two/value>
  <rc>0</rc>
  <region>AUS</region>
  <user>User1</user>
</response>

$num='/one/two';
$val='value';
if(exists $results{"$num"/"$value"}) {
do something
}

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Getting error at 'if(exists..' condition that << Can't use string ("<?xml version='1.0' standalone='") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use >> . But same code works in most cases. Can anyone kindly suggest the reason for the issue?

In reply to XML header parsing error by Anonymous Monk

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