XML::Twig text issue

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

I am using XML::Twig and below is my current twig object. How can I extract just that first text element (the process name)? $twig->text gets me all the text including "176" and "1180".

              <process mode="started">
                C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
                <pid>
                  176
                </pid>
                <ppid>
                  1180
                </ppid>
              </process>
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Re: XML::Twig text issue by mirod (Canon) on Jun 20, 2009 at 04:34 UTC
There are 2 ways to do this: you can take the text of the first text element of the root: `$twig->root->first_child( "#TEXT")->text`, or you can simply use the `text_only` method: `$twig->root->text_only`. In both case you might need to trim the result from the extra spaces you get, which in the first option can be done simply by writing `$twig->root->first_child( "#TEXT")->trimmed_text`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: XML::Twig text issue by toolic (Bishop) on Jun 20, 2009 at 01:54 UTC
Just a quick suggestion: you could try to first `cut_children` from the twig object, then get the text.	[reply] [d/l]