Re: XML::Simple - repeated child elements does not give list of hashes

In my experience, the answer to 99% of XML::Simple questions is "use the ForceArray option".

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Re^2: XML::Simple - repeated child elements does not give list of hashes by isync (Hermit) on Mar 23, 2007 at 18:00 UTC
You are right, and I already tried it: "forcearray => 1" does an unwanted "all" "forcearray => [ 'node' ]" does nothing, just ignored - can somebody explain to me why? Is my data structure wrong?? As test: "forcearray => [ 'key1' ]" works and outputs "key1" as a one-item array... I am running XML::Simple v2.03 (can't upgrade)	[reply]
Re^3: XML::Simple - repeated child elements does not give list of hashes by Anonymous Monk on Mar 25, 2007 at 18:04 UTC
Most things in perl are case sensitive. So: use `'ForceArray'`, not `'forcearray'`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: XML::Simple - repeated child elements does not give list of hashes by isync (Hermit) on Mar 25, 2007 at 18:35 UTC
I know! Actually I found out that with my version 2.03 of XML::Simple only "forcearray" works, as it is case-sensitive to lc! ;-) But I just solved the problem myself. A missing keyattr (in lower case btw) was it. Using XMLin() with `"forcearray => 'node', keyattr => 'node'` did the trick! Anyway, big thanks to the monks of perl. May this thread grow the wisdom in the monastery...	[reply] [d/l]