#!/usr/bin/env perl use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; use local::lib 'lib'; use XML::Twig; my $string = < EOF my $twig = XML::Twig->new; $twig->parse($string); my @nodes = $twig->findnodes('/Person/Phones/Phone[@name="cell"]'); my @cellphones_nrs = map { $_->att('number') } @nodes; say "Cellphone: $cellphones_nrs[-1]" if @cellphones_nrs;