how to get the number of elements with XML::Smart

makrospex has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi monks,
I have one question, regarding XML::Smart. I couldnt find the answer on the net:
How can i get the number of elements of a node?

I tried

$numDefs=scalar(@{$offers->{Offer}[$i]{Definition}{ID}});
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but $numDefs is always 1 (one), regardless if there is an <ID></ID> tag inside the <Definition> node(s) or not.

Is there an convenient solution to get the number of elements under a certain node?

Thanks for help and keep up the brilliant work,
makro

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Re: how to get the number of elements with XML::Smart by shmem (Chancellor) on Jul 17, 2007 at 18:06 UTC
Dump `$offers` with Data::Dump::Streamer (preferred) or Data::Dumper to see how that structure is organized. I guess your `[$i]` is bogus, but I can't tell without sample data. You could stuff a dump of insensitive data into your scratchpad for further examination, and ask in the chatterbox... --shmem _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: how to get the number of elements with XML::Smart by makrospex (Initiate) on Jul 20, 2007 at 10:28 UTC
Hi shmem, as the scalar() always returns 1 i now check with XML::Smart::null() for child elements of a node in the XML String ($offers as XML::Smart object). if null() returns true, i set $num to zero; else i get the correct number of child elements from scalar(); many thanks anyway! regards, makro	[reply]