note mirod In this case [XML::Simple] will not work, as your XML includes mixed content (text with tags inside, such as <code>foo bar baz</code>). To make sense of the various XML modules you can have a look at <a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/au/83">Kip Hampton's excellent column</a> on <a href="http://xml.com">xml.com</a>, look at my old <a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/04/05/feature/index.html">Processing XML with Perl</a> article or start hanging out on the <a href="http://listserv.activestate.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-xml">perl-xml mailing list</a>. The recent trend in XML processing with Perl is to move away from [XML::Parser] based modules and to use more modules based <a href="http://www.xmlsoft.org">libXML 2</a>, the GNOME XML library. That said a lot of the "good ole" XML modules would work just fine in your case: [XML::Parser] of course, but also [XML::Twig] (of course!), probably [XML::PYX], as suggested by [Davorg] XML::XPath would work too, and [XML::DOM] would work too (if you decide to use it you might want to check out <a href="http://www.xmltwig.com/domtwig/">XML::DOM::Twig</a>). BTW the reason XML::Parser is sortta frowned upon these days is that it has a non-standard interface (newer modules use standard SAX or DOM interfaces, XML::Parser predates both). Those interfaces are sounder and more common, which means that for example you can read CSV data and process it with XML tools if you use a CSV parser with a SAX output such as Illya Strin's <a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=XML-SAXDriver-CSV">XML::SAXDriver::CSV</a> . Last but not least Matt Sergeant would kill me if I failed to mention his new [cpan://XML::SAX::PurePerl], which is, surprisingly, a SAX parser written in pure Perl, which means you don't have to install external libraries such as expat or libXML 2, which can be a pain on some systems. 131918 131918