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XML::Simple can do it:

use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.012;

use XML::Simple;

my %form_data = (
    name   => 'Joe',
    weight => 180,
);

my $xml_obj = XML::Simple->new(RootName => 'form1');

say $xml_obj->XMLout(
    \%form_data, 
    noattr => 1,
    xmldecl => q{<?xml version="1.0">},
);

--output:--
<?xml version="1.0">
<form1>
  <name>Joe</name>
  <weight>180</weight>
</form1>

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Re^2: XML module which one
by spencerr1 (Novice) on Feb 05, 2013 at 04:15 UTC

    I was thinking about using XML::Simple because it looks simple enough but when I get data from the form (many name = value results it looks like I would have to manually enter them in another script right? I was hopping to have a script that opened up the cgi.pm form results and could draw the key = value results in an XML document.

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      ...but when I get data from the form (many name = value results it looks like I would have to manually enter them in another script right? I was hopping to have a script that opened up the cgi.pm form results and could draw the key = value results in an XML document.

      What do you mean 'another script'? Even if you had to retrieve each name/value pair one by one and insert them in a hash, then feed the hash to XML::Simple to create the xml, you would do it all in the same script. Moreover, you do not have to retrieve the form data one name/value at a time--because the cgi module makes the form data available to you as a hash. See the section titled FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH in the cgi docs. Then you can pass that hash as an argument to XMLout() to produce the xml.

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        I wouldn't recommend XML::Simple and CGI->Vars to anyone, especially newbies, too many caveats
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        O.K. I will try that. Now I'm starting to see the light

        Thanks for helping me out I will give it a go

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