Hi, I have just started to study XML::Study module. below is my script.

use warnings;
#use strict;
use XML::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;

my $xml = XML::Simple->new();
my $data = $xml->XMLin("data1.xml");

print Dumper($data);
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and here is my xml file.

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<employees>
    <employee>
        <name>John Doe</name>
        <age>43</age>
        <sex>M</sex>
        <department>Operations</department>
    </employee>
    <employee>
        <name>Jane Doe</name>
        <age>31</age>
        <sex>F</sex>
        <department>Accounts</department>
    </employee>
</employees>
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output what tutorials are getting (which seems correct) is

$data = {
          'employee' => [
                          {
                            'department' => 'Operations',
                            'name' => 'John Doe',
                            'sex' => 'M',
                            'age' => '43'
                          },
                          {
                            'department' => 'Accounts',
                            'name' => 'Jane Doe',
                            'sex' => 'F',
                            'age' => '31'
                          }
                        ]
        };
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& what I am getting is

$VAR1 = {
          'employee' => {
                        'John Doe' => {
                                      'department' => 'Operations',
                                      'age' => '43',
                                      'sex' => 'M'
                                    },
                        'Jane Doe' => {
                                      'department' => 'Accounts',
                                      'age' => '31',
                                      'sex' => 'F'
                                    }
                      }
        };
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why this mismatch..please help.. I installed module using cpan command prompt method...I am not root just a user.. and working on ubuntu...thanx