XML::Parser Help!

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

Hi Monks, I am parsing a XML file and instead of getting the value of this variable I am getting the representation of the hash, What I am doing wrong, I can't see it anymore, here is a sample code of where the issue is:

 my $get_phone="";
 
  if (ref($xml_data->{'mainA'}->{'mainB'}->{'mainC'}) eq 'ARRAY') {
      $get_phone = $xml_data->{'mainA'}->{'mainB'}->{'mainC'}->[0];
    } else {
      $get_phone = $xml_data->{'mainA'}->{'mainB'}->{'mainC'};
    }
     
    $got_phone = $get_phone->{'mainD'}->{'mainE'}->{'mainF'}->{'mainG'
+};
    
print "<br>**$got_phone**<br>";

# I am getting this Result: **HASH(0xa8f8064)**
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Thanks for the help!

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Re: XML::Parser Help! by runrig (Abbot) on May 06, 2010 at 20:26 UTC
I'm assuming you're using XML::Simple. Look at the ForceArray option so that you done have to check whether a node gets turned into an arrayref or hashref. It might be easier to just use XML::LibXML directly if the document is not too large, or XML::Twig or XML::Rules if it is large. That being said, what you have left is a hashref, so you need to dereference it further to get your desired results. You can use Data::Dumper to see what further dereferencing needs to be done on the variable. If you had actual runnable sample code, this would be easier to debug.	[reply]
Re^2: XML::Parser Help! by rovf (Priest) on May 07, 2010 at 07:29 UTC
I'm assuming you're using XML::Simple. Unlikely, because the subject line refers to `XML::Parser`. But otherwise, your suggestions - in particular the idea to use `Data::Dumper`, are of course correct. -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: XML::Parser Help! by Jenda (Abbot) on May 09, 2010 at 20:03 UTC
XML::Parser itself would not produce a data structure similar to the one accessed in the code example. Even though it can produce a data structure out of the XML, it would look very different. Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply]