#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use XML::Parser; open (FILEA, "File.txt"); my $parser = XML::Parser->new(); $parser->setHandlers(Start => \&handle_start, Char => \&handle_char, End => \&handle_end1, Final => \&final1); $parser-parsefile('File2.txt'); my $char_array_ref; my @end_array; sub handle_start{ my $e = shift; my $start_element = shift; if ($start_element eq 'coordinates'){print "hello.\n"; $parser->setHandlers(Char => \&coord); } } sub handle_char{ my $e = shift; print "HELLO There\n."; } sub coord{ my $e = shift; print "hello again.\n"; }