Re: :Simple question

[Jack Butchie]

Wouldn't it be more productive if what the question was was actually 
inserted into the subject area. instead of a generic term. Subscribers could 
instantly see if it's something they might be interested in instead of 
opening the email to see what "Simple Questions" actually is.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Richard Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Perl Beginners" 
<beginners@perl.org>
Cc: "Stewart Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:16 AM
Subject: RE: :Simple question



-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 22 October 2008 06:00
To: Perl Beginners
Subject: XML::Simple question

while trying to study the article on perlmonks.org,

http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=490846

regarding XML parsing, I need bit of clarfication.

how do I parse out

<image src="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/covers/perlbp.s.gif";
             width="145" height="190" />


I tried $book->{image}->{src}... but doesn't work.. I need some
understanding on how these information is stored.



parsing code

  use XML::Simple qw(:strict);

  my $library  = XMLin($filename,
    ForceArray => 1,
    KeyAttr    => {},
  );

  foreach my $book (@{$library->{book}}) {
    print $book->{title}->[0], "\n"

  }

XML file

<library>
    <book>
      <title>Perl Best Practices</title>
      <author>Damian Conway</author>
      <isbn>0596001738</isbn>
      <pages>542</pages>
      <image src="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/covers/perlbp.s.gif";
             width="145" height="190" />
    </book>
    <book>
      <title>Perl Cookbook, Second Edition</title>
      <author>Tom Christiansen</author>
      <author>Nathan Torkington</author>
      <isbn>0596003137</isbn>
      <pages>964</pages>
      <image src="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/covers/perlckbk2.s.gi
+f"
             width="145" height="190" />
    </book>
    <book>
      <title>Guitar for Dummies</title>
      <author>Mark Phillips</author>
      <author>John Chappell</author>
      <isbn>076455106X</isbn>
      <pages>392</pages>
      <image src="http://media.wiley.com/product_data/coverImage/6X/07
+645510/076455106X.jpg"
             width="100" height="125" />
    </book>
  </library>



--
I gave up with XML::Simple  it did not seem to  work  (well I could not
getit  to work)  in the way that  the documentation suggested.

I  switched to XML::Smart and it works perfectly.  I use XML Spy to dig
out the XPath etc and work with that.

Stu




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