query regarding XML::Simple parser?

motlnt

Hi All,
This is a query regarding using the XML:imple parser...
I am trying to parse an autogenerated XML using this parser and figure out the array size of a node...
if anybody can tell me how to find the array size...

my XML has following node:

<URL>
<Server>www</Server>
<Domain>google.com</Domain>
</URL>
<URL>
<Server>www</Server>
<Domain>erp.com</Domain>
</URL>


my code:
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my $obj = new XML:imple;
my $ref = $obj->XMLin($fh);
print Dumper($ref);
$server = $ref->{URL}->[$i]->{Server};
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thing is I can reference the elements as $server = $ref->{URL}->[0]->{Server}; $server = $ref->{URL}->[1]->{Server};

but sometimes the XML has only single element in node as:

<URL>
<Server>www</Server>
<Domain>amittest.com</Domain>
</URL>

in this case I might not find an array...then question becomes how do I assign it in variables...

thx in adv...

chuckles

You can initialize the parser with ForceArray => 1 to make everything an array. I almost always use this flag.

http://search.cpan.org/~grantm/XML-Simple-2.14/lib/XML/Simple.pm#ForceArray_=>_1_#_in_-_important