In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > Hi, I have Perl 5.6.0 on Solaris, and on DOS. We have an XML document > that has many prices in it that need to be changed. They are keyed by > part number, and each part has a price grade, each grade has a price. > > I know there are many tools that Perl can use to update XML. Which one > is the most straight forward? > Let me rephrase. I now have Perl 5.8.7 on Windows/DOS.
I have been using Perl to manipulate text files for 5+ years. But I don't get into anything too complicated. I do use arrays and hashes when needed but I usually don't need hash files or use references. I know basic XML but have not programmed any language to manipulate XML files. I'm looking for a book to use Perl and one of it's XML modules to change data in an XML file. I have been reading the included docs for XML::XPath (I managed to install XML::XPath after upgrading my ActivePerl for Windows) and they are not suited for a beginner. They provide abstract syntax examples but no concrete real-world examples. Thus I don't know if a parameter is a scalar, hash, or array, or reference to hashed arrays, or an array of referenced hashes... It also does not explain what a nodeset is in the context of Perl. Which book would get right to the point and clearly illustrate how to search for and change data in an XML document? I hope I'm clear I'm no Perl guru as I'm not familiar with Perl references and the XML::XPath seems to use a lot of them. Thank you. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
