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I found XML::Simple easy for converting existing hashed data into XML format - but that is all I used it for

I haven't used either of the above mentioned modules yet.

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by GrandFather (Saint) on Sep 11, 2008 at 23:29 UTC

    XML::Simple generates more questions here than any other single module. It is simple if you are doing exactly what the defaults expect you to do, but no-one ever does and they all get into trouble as a result. Better to spend the time to learn how to use XML::Twig and use it for the simple stuff and later on for the complicated stuff.

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      Thank you for that information.

      I only used it to convert some hashed data in pre-existing code into XML format and didn't go any further than that; otherwise I am sure I may have discovered its limitations

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