Thanks for support, found an easy to use mod in cpan: http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=XML called XML-QL which seems to do just what i need.
Wasn´t able to work through your example at wetware until now. Johannes > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: drieux [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet am: Dienstag, 4. Juni 2002 15:25 > An: Theuerkorn Johannes > Cc: cgi cgi-list > Betreff: Re: parsing xml files for variables > > > On Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at 05:12 , Theuerkorn Johannes wrote: > > > [..] > > I try like that: > > > > snip ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > #looking for Trigger <testsystem> > > > > if (/<testsystem>\s/ .. /<\/testsystem>\s/) > > { > > if ( /^(.*)\s+/) { > > $testsystem = $1; > > chomp ($testsystem); > > } > > print "Testsystem: $testsystem"; > > } > > snip ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > The XML piece looks like this: > > http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=XML > > I have worked with the expat stuff - and it would > be my first choice.... > > The problem you would be running into with your basic > parser approach is that you need to do multi-line > parsing of the file - hence would want something > similar to the form of > > http://www.wetware.com/drieux/pbl/RegEx/paraHablarRegular.txt > > where you need to keep reading in lines till your pattern matches. > > ciao > drieux > > --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]