XML::Simple ?

nipper

OK I am using XML:imple to parse a generic XML file, it produces an array like this:

$VAR1 = {
          'department' => [
                          'Operations'
                        ],
          'name' => [
                    'John Doe'
                  ],
          '****' => [
                   'M'
                 ],
          'age' => [
                   '43'
                 ]
        };

How can I get to the data in a generic form ? Everything lists access like $var->{"name"}

Is there a way to do foreach keys and get everything ? How about getting children ?

I tried

my $ref = XMLin($xml);

foreach (keys $ref) {
print $_." ".$ref->{$_}."\n";
}

but $ref is not an hash.

I know I am close.

ISCBorisB

How can I get to the data in a generic form?

Perhaps cast hash reference? Like this[php]foreach (keys %{$VAR1}) {
printf("%s = %s\n", $_, $VAR1->{$_}[0]);
}[/php]