in reply to parsing a simple xml response

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#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use XML::Simple; use Data::Dumper; print Dumper( XMLin(<<'__XML__')); <?xml version = "1.0"?> <response> <custid>101010101</custid> <status>success</status> <responsecode>11</responsecode> <kf></kf> <cn>1111222233334444555</cn> <neta>7.00</neta> <prid>X111111111111111</prid> <ano>22222222</ano> <trxid>33333333</trxid> <description>Transfer Completed</description> </response> __XML__ __END__ $VAR1 = { 'kf' => {}, 'cn' => '1111222233334444555', 'status' => 'success', 'custid' => '101010101', 'neta' => '7.00', 'description' => 'Transfer Completed', 'trxid' => '33333333', 'ano' => '22222222', 'responsecode' => '11', 'prid' => 'X111111111111111' };