Re: Using eval, but always undef?

[LanX]

in perl it's ¹ => not : separating keys and values.

maybe you wanna use a JSON module for conversion?

¹) normally, commas are allowed if you quote the key

[ultranerds]

Mmm ok, I was hoping it was simpler than that. Maybe I'll just do:

$test =~ /\Q"type":"ServiceException",/

...on the XML string, so I can see if it is as "bad" file :)

Thanks for the replies though.

Cheers

Andy

[Your Mother]

It is simple (JSON).

use JSON;

my $json_string = q|{
  "error":{
    "type":"ServiceException",
    "code":108,
    "message":"(#108) No results founds"
  }
}|;

my $perl_ref = decode_json($json_string);

print $perl_ref->{error}{type}, $/;

__END__
ServiceException

Don't fudge it. Use the right tools. Everything else is false economy.