Problem in parsing XML file with spaces or slashes in a tag

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

<BLOCK>
- <RECORD>
  <TAG_1>Value1</TAG_1> 
  <TAG_2/ Containing a slash>Value2</TAG_2/ Containing a slash>
  </RECORD>
  </BLOCK>
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The above code is giving output as

{
                   'RECORD' => {
                               'TAG_1' => 'Value1',
                               'content' => ' 
  / Containing a slash>Value2/ Containing a slash>
  '
                             },
                   'content' => '
- '
                 };
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I am expecting "TAG_2/ Containing a slash" key with value as Value2 but as we can see above it not giving the expected output. Looks like it is considering the slash in the tag as the end of the tag and hence the problem. Can somebody suggest as to how we can get rid of this problem.

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Re: Problem in parsing XML file with spaces or slashes in a tag by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 13, 2009 at 13:38 UTC
I guess what you have is not real XML then, because, at least to my cursory search, XML tags cannot contain slashes. You will have to be creative and write your own parser for that. Update: Fletch points out that the canonical URL is http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-common-syn.	[reply]
Re: Problem in parsing XML file with spaces or slashes in a tag by toolic (Bishop) on Feb 13, 2009 at 13:42 UTC
This does not look like valid XML syntax. According to http://www.w3schools.com/Xml/xml_elements.asp: XML elements must follow these naming rules: Names cannot contain spaces	[reply]
Re: Problem in parsing XML file with spaces or slashes in a tag by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 13, 2009 at 14:14 UTC
Your XML is bad, as you've been told. So how about we explore alternative schemas. `<BLOCK> <RECORD> <FIELD id="Containing a space">Value1</FIELD> <FIELD id="/Containing a slash/">Value2</FIELD> </RECORD> </BLOCK>` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problem in parsing XML file with spaces or slashes in a tag by puudeli (Pilgrim) on Feb 13, 2009 at 13:37 UTC
The above code is giving output as What code? All I see is a record structure. What are you trying to do and what modules you are using? Show an example code snippet with input data that produces the incorrect result and someone may be able to help you. -- `seek $her, $from, $everywhere if exists $true{love};`	[reply] [d/l]