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

Dear Monks,
I use XML::Rules to parse a huge XML document. As a Perl amateur I'm generally happy with the module since it does what I mean. Now however I'm stuck with the following problem.
Here is the XML chunk. 
<Outpatient_Services>
<Outpatient_Service>
<Outpatient_Clinic>
<AM_Key>AM01</AM_Key>
<Description>Description of the Outpatient_Clinic</Description>
<Explanations>Explanations to the Outpatient_Clinic</Explanations>
</Outpatient_Clinic>
</Outpatient_Service>

<Outpatient_Service>
<Outpatient_Clinic>
<AM_Key>AM01</AM_Key>
<Description>Description of the Outpatient_Clinic</Description>
<Explanations>Explanations to the Outpatient_Clinic</Explanations>
</Outpatient_Clinic>
</Outpatient_Service>

<Outpatient_Service>
<Outpatient_Clinic>
<AM_Key>AM02</AM_Key>
<Description>Description of the Outpatient_Clinic</Description>
<Capacities_Outpatient_Clinic>
<Care_Point>
<VA_VU_Key_Outpatient_Clinic>VA01</VA_VU_Key_Outpatient_Clinic>
</Care_Point>
<Care_Point>
<Other>
<VA_VU_Other_Key_Outpatient_Clinic>VA00</VA_VU_Other_Key_Outpatient_Cl
+inic>
<Description>Other Care Point of the Outpatient Clinic</Description>
</Other>
</Care_Point>
</Capacities_Outpatient_Clinic>
</Outpatient_Clinic>
</Outpatient_Service>

<Outpatient_Service>
<Outpatient_Clinic_Special>
<AM_Special_Key>AM06</AM_Special_Key>
<Description>Description of the Outpatient_Clinic</Description>
<Capacities_Outpatient_Clinic_Special>
<Capacity>
<LK_Key>LK01</LK_Key>
</Capacity>
<Capacity>
<LK_Key>LK02</LK_Key>
</Capacity>
</Capacities_Outpatient_Clinic_Special>
<Explanations>Explanations to the Outpatient_Clinic</Explanations>
</Outpatient_Clinic_Special>
</Outpatient_Service>

<Outpatient_Service>
<Outpatient_Clinic>
<AM_Key>AM04</AM_Key>
</Outpatient_Clinic>
</Outpatient_Service>

<Outpatient_Service>
<Outpatient_Clinic>
<Other>
<AM_Other_Key>AM00</AM_Other_Key>
<Type>Type of the other Outpatient Clinic</Type>
</Other>
<Description>Description of the Outpatient Clinic</Description>
<Capacities_Outpatient_Clinic>
<Care_Point>
<VA_VU_Key_Outpatient_Clinic>VA02</VA_VU_Key_Outpatient_Clinic>
</Care_Point>
<Care_Point>
<Other>
<VA_VU_Other_Key_Outpatient_Clinic>VA00</VA_VU_Other_Key_Outpatient_Cl
+inic>
<Description>Other Care Point of the Outpatient Clinic</Description>
</Other>
</Care_Point>
</Capacities_Outpatient_Clinic>
<Explanations>Explanations to the Outpatient_Clinic</Explanations>
</Outpatient_Clinic>
</Outpatient_Service>
</Outpatient_Services>

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Update:The desired output presentation was not correct in the original, you can see it in the spoiler below.
The output ought to be the following: 
- Outpatient_Services:
    AM11: 1
    AM07: 1
    AM04: 1

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I need the result in the following form (YAML-style): 
- Outpatient_Services:
    Outpatient_Service:
    - AM11: 1
    - AM07: 1
    - AM04: 1

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However I need this not only for the AM-Keys but also for the LK-Keys and that is what I cannot achieve since there are two of them, not one.
The following code chunk is a way out so that I at least get an info about the "Outpatient_Clinic_Special", but it is just a description, not the keys. 
'Outpatient_Service' => sub {
    if (exists $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic}) 
    {
       if ( exists $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic}->{Other} )
        {
            return $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic}->{Description} => 1
        }
        else
        {
            return $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic}->{AM_Key} => 1 
        }
    } 
    elsif ( exists $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic_Special} ) 
    {
        return $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic_Special}->{Description} => 1;
+ # as a way out.
    }
    else
        { }
},

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Could you please give me a hint?
Thanks in advance!
VE

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Re: How to return two and more values by parsing XML with XML::Rules?
by runrig (Abbot) on Nov 06, 2012 at 23:01 UTC
    Sometimes its simpler to use variables in an outer scope than to go through contortions:
    my (@am_keys, @lk_keys);
my @rules = (
  AM_Key => sub { push @am_keys, $_[1]{_content}; return },
  LK_Key => sub { push @lk_keys, $_[1]{_content}; return },
  _default => undef,
);
my $xr = XML::Rules->new( rules => \@rules );

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      Or, if you really are against using globals, use the $parser->{pad} to hold your data:

      my @rules = (
  AM_Key => sub { push @{$_[4]->{pad}{am_keys}}, $_[1]{_content}; retu
+rn },
  LK_Key => sub { push @{$_[4]->{pad}{lk_keys}}, $_[1]{_content}; retu
+rn },
  Outpatient_Services => sub { LK_Keys => $_[4]->{pad}{lk_keys}, AM_Ke
+ys => $_[4]->{pad}{am_keys}},
  _default => undef,
);
my $xr = XML::Rules->new( rules => \@rules );

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      With this $xr->parse() returns a HoA containing the array of the AM_Keys and the array of LK_Keys.

      Jenda
      Enoch was right!
      Enjoy the last years of Rome.

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      Thank you very much for this!
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Re: How to return two and more values by parsing XML with XML::Rules?
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 06, 2012 at 10:11 UTC
    Your sample xml doesn't match your wanted data -- irritating
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      Sorry, I did not mention that I have run 
      'Capacities_Outpatient_Clinic_Special' => 'pass',

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      before the mentioned chunk of the script.
      Thank you for pointing that out.
      Apart from that this is a fragment of a script that actually runs (only with fields translated into English). The above rule should not affect the code fragment however, perhaps I overook another mismatch?
      Update
      It must be the result presentation that has to be adjusted in my fragment - it should be: 
      - Outpatient_Services:
    AM11: 1
    AM07: 1
    AM04: 1

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        I was referring to the yaml, and FWIW, ysh doesn't like that YAML, which I assume is supposed to be

        <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread>

        This is what I came up with, which took waaay too long, the rules are hard to remember 

        #!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict; use warnings;
use XML::Rules;
use Data::Dump qw/ dd /;

my $ta = XML::Rules->new(
    qw/ stripspaces 8 /,
    rules => {
'Outpatient_Services' =>  'no content',
  'Outpatient_Service' => 'as array no content',
#~     'Outpatient_Clinic' => 'content by AM_Key',
    'Outpatient_Clinic' => sub {
#~ $rule->( $tag_name, \%attrs, \@context, \@parent_data, $parser)
#~ my ($tagname, $attrHash, $contexArray, $parentDataArray, $parser) =
+ @_;
        my $amk = $_[1]->{AM_Key} ;
        return unless $amk;
        { $amk => 1 };
    },
#~         _default => sub { $_[0] => $_[1]->{_content} },
        _default => 'content',
        'Outpatient_Clinic_Special' => undef,
    },

);

my $ref = $ta->parsefile( 'pm1002448.xml' );
dd $ref;
use YAML(); print YAML::Dump( $ref);
__END__
{
  Outpatient_Services => {
    Outpatient_Service => [
      { AM01 => 1 },
      { AM01 => 1 },
      { AM02 => 1 },
      {},
      { AM04 => 1 },
      {},
    ],
  },
}
---
Outpatient_Services:
  Outpatient_Service:
    - AM01: 1
    - AM01: 1
    - AM02: 1
    - {}
    - AM04: 1
    - {}

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Re: How to return two and more values by parsing XML with XML::Rules?
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 06, 2012 at 11:37 UTC

    XML::Twig is much easier on the noggin 

    {
    use strict; use warnings;
    use Data::Dump qw/ dd /;
    use XML::Twig ;
    my( %os, @amk );
    XML::Twig->new(
      twig_handlers => {
#~         '/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service/Outpatient_Clinic/
+AM_Key' => sub {
        'AM_Key' => sub {
          print $_->xpath, "\n";
          push @amk, $_->trimmed_text;
        },
        'Outpatient_Service' => sub {
          print $_->xpath, "\n";
          $os{ shift @amk }++ while @amk;
        },
      },
    )->xparse( 'pm1002448.xml' );
    
    my $ref = {
        Outpatient_Services => \%os,
    };
    dd $ref; use YAML(); print YAML::Dump( $ref);
}
__END__
/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service/Outpatient_Clinic/AM_Key
/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service
/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service[2]/Outpatient_Clinic/AM_Key
/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service[2]
/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service[3]/Outpatient_Clinic/AM_Key
/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service[3]
/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service[4]
/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service[5]/Outpatient_Clinic/AM_Key
/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service[5]
/Outpatient_Services/Outpatient_Service[6]
{ Outpatient_Services => { AM01 => 2, AM02 => 1, AM04 => 1 } }
---
Outpatient_Services:
  AM01: 2
  AM02: 1
  AM04: 1

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      Wow thanks!
      It works with LK_Keys as well: 
      #!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; 
use warnings;

use Data::Dump qw/ dd /;
use XML::Twig ;
my( %os, @amk );

XML::Twig->new(
      twig_handlers => {
        'AM_Key' => sub {
 #         print $_->xpath, "\n";
          push @amk, $_->trimmed_text;
        },
    'LK_Key' => sub {
 #         print $_->xpath, "\n";
          push @amk, $_->trimmed_text;
        },
                
        'Outpatient_Service' => sub {
 #         print $_->xpath, "\n";
          $os{ shift @amk }++ while @amk;
        },
      },
    )->xparse( shift );
    
    my $ref = {
        Outpatient_Services => \%os,
    };
#    dd $ref; 
    use YAML::XS(); 
    print YAML::XS::Dump( $ref);

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      prints: 
      Outpatient_Services:
  AM01: 2
  AM02: 1
  AM04: 1
  LK01: 1
  LK02: 1

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Re: How to return two and more values by parsing XML with XML::Rules?
by vagabonding electron (Curate) on Nov 06, 2012 at 14:31 UTC
    After some thoughts and readings I was finally able to produce the desired output with XML::Rules. 
    #!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use XML::Rules;
use YAML::XS;

my $parser = XML::Rules->new(
    rules => {
                
        'Capacities_Outpatient_Clinic,
        Other,
        Outpatient_Clinic,
        Outpatient_Clinic_Special,
        Outpatient_Services' 
                                => 'no content',
        
        'Capacities_Outpatient_Clinic_Special' => 'pass',
        
         'AM_Key,
         AM_Other_Key,
         AM_Special_Key,
         Description,
         Explanations,
         LK_Key,
         Type,
         VA_VU_Key_Outpatient_Clinic,
         VA_VU_Other_Key_Outpatient_Clinic' 
                                => 'content',
         'Care_Point'
             => 'as array no content',
        
        'Capacity' => sub {$_[1]->{LK_Key} => 1},
        
        'Outpatient_Service' => sub {
        if (exists $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic}) 
        {
           if ( exists $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic}->{Other} )
            {
                return $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic}->{Description} => 1
            }
            else
            {
                return $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic}->{AM_Key} => 1 
            }
        } 
        elsif ( exists $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic_Special} ) 
        {
            my $h;
            for ( keys %{ $_[1]->{Outpatient_Clinic_Special} } )
            {
                $h->{$_} = 1 if /LK\d*/;
            }
            
            return %$h;
        }
        else
            { }
        },
    
    }
);
my $data = $parser->parsefile(shift);
print Dump $data;

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    which prints 
    ---
Outpatient_Services:
  AM01: 1
  AM02: 1
  AM04: 1
  Description of the Outpatient Clinic: 1
  LK01: 1
  LK02: 1

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    from the posted xml fragment.
    What I still do not know is whether this is a proper use of the module or a side way.
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