use strict; use warnings; use XML::Simple;use Data::Dumper; my $file = './test.xml'; my $a = ['x','y']; my $a1 = [$a]; my %tmp = ( A =>$a1, B => 'z'); XMLout(\%tmp,outputfile=>$file,noattr=>1); %tmp = %{XMLin($file,forcearray=>['A'],noattr=>1)}; print "----------\n"; print $tmp{B}."\n"; print $tmp{A}[0]->[0]."\n"; $a = ['x']; $a1 = [$a]; %tmp = ( A =>$a1, B => 'z'); XMLout(\%tmp,outputfile=>$file,noattr=>1); %tmp = %{XMLin($file,forcearray=>1,noattr=>1)}; print "----------\n"; print $tmp{B}."\n"; print $tmp{A}[0]->[0]."\n"; $a = ['x']; $a1 = [$a]; %tmp = ( A =>$a1, B => 'z'); XMLout(\%tmp,outputfile=>$file,noattr=>1); %tmp = %{XMLin($file,forcearray=>['A'],noattr=>1)}; print "----------\n"; print $tmp{B}."\n"; print $tmp{A}[0]->[0]."\n"; #### ---------- z x ---------- ARRAY(0x653930) x ---------- z Not an ARRAY reference at tmp1.pl line 31.