Dermot Paikkos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to create a cgi program that will parse an xml file for
> output. I haven't began to write anything yet but had a look at the
> xml file I am going to work with. The snippet below contains 3
> records.
>
> My question is what would be the best (easiest/fastest) way to parse
> the file. Should I try and set the record separator to something like
>
> $/ = "<record>\n";
>
> Or should I use a XML::Parser (which looks a bit scary) or
> XML::Simple (my first attempt at which failed).
>
Use a module, hands down. XML::Simple should work well, can you show us
your code and any failure messages and I bet we could set it straight.
> I think i will eventally need to create a data structure like:
>
> $hashref = {
> 'number' => 'S370/0128',
> 'Date' => '03-Jun-05',
> ....etc
>
> push(@myarray,$hashref);
>
>
> Does anyone have an opinion on what would be the easiest way to parse
> the data below? Will the '/' in the data be an problem?
A module, specifically an XML parser. '/' shouldn't be a problem
assuming it is correctly built XML.
> Thanx.
> Dermot.
>
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