in reply to TreePP (Hash or Array)

Are you talking about XML::TreePP? You can use ref to check the return type: if it's an array, OK; if it's a hash, put it into an array; continue processing.

You may want to contact the author to see if this could be handled better in the module, or perhaps there is reason behind the behavior.

Update: Kudos to davorg for reading the docs :)

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Re^2: TreePP (Hash or Array)
by bitman (Scribe) on Jan 15, 2007 at 16:49 UTC
    Except, it didn't work. But I used your solution, but I guess my code isn't that elegant though. 
    if ( ref $tree->{$xfile}->{$rec} eq 'HASH' )
{
    my $x=$tree->{$xfile}->{$rec};
    delete $tree->{$xfile}->{$rec};
    $tree->{$xfile}->{$rec}[0]=($x);
}

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      force_array did not work? Is it not what it seems to be, a bug, or, upon second glance, a (gasp!) user error?
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