I have and iPod, and I'm trying to write a program that will read RSS feeds, format them, and save them onto my iPod. I have no problem saving them to the iPod, but here's what I need help with: I've tried using XML::RSS::Parser in a program like this: 
        #!/usr/bin/perl -w
    
    use strict;
    use XML::RSS::Parser;
    use URI;
    use LWP::UserAgent;
    use Data::Dumper;
    
    my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
    $ua->agent('XML::RSS::Parser Test Script');
    my @places=( 'http://www.mplode.com/tima/xml/index.xml' );
    
    my $p = new XML::RSS::Parser;
    
    foreach my $place ( @places ) {
    
        # retreive feed
        my $url=URI->new($place);
        my $req=HTTP::Request->new;
        $req->method('GET');
        $req->uri($url);
        my $feed = $ua->request($req);
    
        # parse feed
        $p->parse( $feed->content );
    
        # print feed title and items data dump to screen
        print $p->channel->{ $p->ns_qualify('title', $p->rss_namespace
+_uri ) }."\n";
        my $d = Data::Dumper->new([ $p->items ]);
        print $d->Dump."\n\n";
    
    }

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The above is the program listed in the documentation of XML::RSS::Parser. The program works fine, but I do not know how to use $p->items. In the documentation of XML::RSS::Parser, it says $p->items returns a reference to an array of hash references. How do you work with a refrence to an array of hash refrences? Refrences have always confused me, and I don't think the Camel explains it in simple enough terms. Thanks in advance,

-munchie

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