You may find XML::TreeBuilder easier to deal with than XML::Simple for non-trivial XML:
use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::TreeBuilder;
my $xmlStr = <<'STR';
<root>
<Check>
<Detail>
<Head>
<Col>User</Col>
<Col>Weak Password</Col>
<Col>Locked Out</Col>
<Col>Disabled</Col>
</Head>
<Row Grade="0">
<Col>Guest</Col>
<Col>Weak</Col>
<Col>-</Col>
<Col>Disabled</Col>
</Row>
<Row Grade="0">
<Col>SUPPORT_388945a0</Col>
<Col>-</Col>
<Col>-</Col>
<Col>Disabled</Col>
</Row>
<Row Grade="5">
<Col>Administrator</Col>
<Col>-</Col>
<Col>-</Col>
<Col>-</Col>
</Row>
</Detail>
</Check>
<Check>
<Detail>
<Head>
<Col>Drive Letter</Col>
<Col>File System</Col>
</Head>
<Row Grade="5">
<Col>C:</Col>
<Col>NTFS</Col>
</Row>
</Detail>
</Check>
</root>
STR
my $tree = XML::TreeBuilder->new;
$tree->parse ($xmlStr);
for ($tree->find ('Detail')) {
for ($_->find ('Row')) {
print "Col: " . $_->as_text () . "\n" for ($_->find ('Col'));
}
}
Prints:
Col: Guest
Col: Weak
Col: -
Col: Disabled
Col: SUPPORT_388945a0
Col: -
Col: -
Col: Disabled
Col: Administrator
Col: -
Col: -
Col: -
Col: C:
Col: NTFS
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