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in reply to Struggling with XML

Another way, w/XML::Rules:
use XML::Rules; my @rules = ( list => sub { my $dict = $_[1]{dict}; for my $d (@$dict) { print "$d->{key}: $d->{value}\n"; } return; }, dict => [ '/root' => sub { my $d = $_[1]; print "$d->{key}: $d->{value}\n" if $d->{key} eq 'status'; return; }, 'no content array', ], value => 'content', ); my $xr = XML::Rules->new( rules => \@rules ); $xr->parse($xml);
Updated to also print status. A possibly simpler way(?):
my @rules = ( "^dict" => sub { return $_[1]{key} =~ /^(?:status|subnet|gateway|netmask|data)$/; }, dict => sub { my $d = $_[1]; return if $d->{key} eq 'data'; print "$d->{key}: $d->{value}\n"; }, value => 'content', );