XMLSimple XMLout, formatting output

Rodster001 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Greetings!

I have a hash ref:

$VAR1 = {
          'Last' => 'Smith',
          'First' => 'John',
        };
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When I run it though XMLout like this:

print XMLout($hashref);
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I get this:

<opt Last="Smith"
     First="John" />
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What I want is this:

<opt>
    <Last>Smith</Last>
    <First>First</First>
</opt>
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I have looked though the docs and have tried quite a few option combos, but I am not getting quite what I want. What options do I need to use? Thanks for the help!

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Re: XMLSimple XMLout, formatting output by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 01, 2009 at 19:57 UTC
`ForceContent => 1`, I think. Of course, the result of `XMLin` will be different than what you presented. Update: Yup. `use strict; use warnings; use XML::Simple qw( ); my $xml = <<'__EOI__'; <doc> <Last>Smith</Last> <First>First</First> </doc> __EOI__ my $xs = XML::Simple->new( ForceContent => 1, ); print( $xs->XMLout( $xs->XMLin($xml) ) );` [download] `<opt> <First>First</First> <Last>Smith</Last> </opt>` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: XMLSimple XMLout, formatting output by Rodster001 (Pilgrim) on Apr 01, 2009 at 20:10 UTC
Well, ForceContent is an XMLin option. I am not using XMLin at all, just XMLout.	[reply]
Re^3: XMLSimple XMLout, formatting output by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 01, 2009 at 20:58 UTC
Ah, then don't specify it. You'll still need to change the layout of your data. Good thing you have Perl handy.	[reply]
Re^4: XMLSimple XMLout, formatting output by Rodster001 (Pilgrim) on Apr 01, 2009 at 21:16 UTC
Re^5: XMLSimple XMLout, formatting output by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 01, 2009 at 21:17 UTC
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Re: XMLSimple XMLout, formatting output by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Apr 01, 2009 at 20:52 UTC
You may want `NoAttr` for your XMLOut. Then again, you may want to forego XML::Simple for one of the more recommended XML modules like XML::Twig, XML::LibXML, or XML::Rules. There are also others that look promising at a glance, for that matter, but I've not heard much about them. Any recommendations for or against XML::TreePP, XML::Smart, XML::DOM2 or their comparisons to the ones already mentioned I'd be happy to find somewhere.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: XMLSimple XMLout, formatting output by grantm (Parson) on Apr 02, 2009 at 01:02 UTC
XMLout() will render simple scalar values as attributes unless the NoAttr option is in effect. So one approach would be: if you don't want a value to be an attribute, don't represent it as a simple scalar, e.g.: change your source data to: `$VAR1 = { 'Last' => [ 'Smith' ], 'First' => [ 'John' ], };` [download]	[reply] [d/l]