note aitap <p>No, <c>{...}</c> constructs a hash reference (which can be assigned to a scalar value, possibly in another hash or even array), not a hash (which is constructed from a LIST (<c>(...)</c>). See [doc://perlreftut] and [doc://perlref] for more information on handling references.</p> <p>You may want to use [mod://XML::Writer] if you'd like to write information on the fly, without constructing a data structure first.</p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-980564"> Sorry if my advice was wrong. </div></div> 1008587 1008587