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Question I'm trying to user xml:simple to break down an xml doc that I'm receiving from another website. I've been able to use xml:simple for other projects I have but this one I'm guessing is going to require a foreach statement. Im not 100% sure how to go about this.. An example of the xml file is below:
<outer>
<xml>
<undeveloped_lands>
<land>
<id>1</id>
<image_url></image_url>
<details></details>
<num_owned></num_owned>
<cost></cost>
<name></name>
<income></income>
</land>
<land>
<id>2</id>
<image_url></image_url>
<details></details>
<num_owned></num_owned>
<cost></cost>
<name></name>
<income></income>
</land>
<land>
<id>3</id>
<image_url></image_url>
<details></details>
<num_owned></num_owned>
<cost></cost>
<name></name>
<income></income>
</land>
</undeveloped_lands>
</xml>
</outer>
I need to get each set of info and going to place them into different tables. How would I go about this?
Answer Hi Matthew,
Yes, you'll likely need a foreach or something like that to traverse the data.
Your best bet is to XMLin() the file with XML::Simple, and then use Data::Dumper to Dumper() the data structure you get back. Then, you'll clearly be able to figure out how to navigate the data.
