Re^2: Trees in XML

Thanks
I have tried simple and found that it mangles the order of the XML when I put it into a hash. I am also experimenting with LibXML but as I said, I would really like to use XML::Parser tree style.

You see what I would like to do is put the returned value (firstnames) into an array which I can then use later, in another part of the perl script.

So any clues on how to use XML::Parser to obtain th firstnames?

Many thanks

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Re^3: Trees in XML by rovf (Priest) on Jun 03, 2008 at 11:49 UTC
It is not XML::Simple which is mangling the order; it is the very property of a hash, that you don't have order there. That's the reason why I used `forcearray` in my example: This makes the `person` elements go into array instead of a hash, and staying in the same order as in the XML file. BTW, does the order matter in your example? -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Trees in XML by Anonymous Monk on Jun 03, 2008 at 12:59 UTC
I need to keep the parsed file in order as I am parsing out the value of the firstname and using it in a SQL query which then gives me a result which I will place back into the same position as the firstname value. I am aware that this is a complicated procedure and as I said I am a newbie to perl and so I am trying to boil down the solution into smaller, bitesize pieces so that I can learn and understand each step! So any clues or explanation would be great Thanks	[reply]
Re^5: Trees in XML by mirod (Canon) on Jun 03, 2008 at 13:33 UTC
Is the output you want the same XML document you are reading, with the first name replaced by the result of a query? In that case `Tree` is probably not the style you want to use. `Stream` or `Subs` would be easier to use, at least because they take care of copying the data you don't want to process as is. It still won't be as convenient as a higher-level module though, you will still have to write a bit of code yourself. At least you will have to output back the tags you are processing, and escape the text you want to insert. BTW, I have always tried to keep XML::Twig installation as simple as possible, so if you're using perl 5.8.*, you should be able to drop the `Twig.pm` file from the distribution either in you Perl's library XML directory, or just in a sub-directory named XML of the current directory.	[reply]