Hi all,

I am writing a script to parse xml to excel with the Win32::OLE module.
Everything works, but ... when my XML hasn't got unique elements inside a main node, it fails !
The error I get is a failed hash reference.
So This does not fail:
----------------------
 <node1>

     <node1_A> Content </node1_A>

     <node1_B> Content </node1_B>

  </node1>

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But this fails : ------------------- 
<node1>
     <node1_A> Content </node1_A>
     <node1_A> Content </node1_A>
  </node1>

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Here is my code:
foreach my $this_routine ( sort keys %subroutines ) 
  
my $element_count = scalar( keys %{$subroutines{$this_routine}} );
  $worksheet->Cells($rowCount, $colCount)->{Value} = $this_routine;
  $rowCount++;
  
  foreach my $this_type (sort keys %{$subroutines{$this_routine}} ) 
     {
    if ( exists $subroutines{$this_routine}->{$this_type}->{Type})
    {    
            $worksheet->Cells($rowCount, $colCount)->{Value} = 
                           $this_type;        
        } 
        $colCount++;
    }
      $rowCount--;
}

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I guess the keys are not unique ??? Because it works with more elements in the xml.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read my question, I hope you have a clue

In reply to XML to Excel : not Unique ?? by Sporti69

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