comment on

my $xml = '&lt;hdsso&gt;&lt;hpid&gt;--------&lt;/hpid&gt;&lt;pin&gt;ab
+cbs-hd&lt;/pin&gt;&lt;fname&gt;--------&lt;/fname&gt;&lt;mname&gt;&lt
+;/mname&gt;&lt;lname&gt;-------&lt;/lname&gt;&lt;dob&gt;-------&lt;/d
+ob&gt;&lt;email&gt;-------&lt;/email&gt;&lt;ls&gt;----------&lt;/ls&g
+t;&lt;ws&gt;---------&lt;/ws&gt;&lt;/hdsso&gt;';
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The code above is not XML! Youn only have a string with basic entities.

If you want to use this 3rd part data, you can use the XML parser to fix the data as a content of an element, than use the content as a normal data input for another xml:

  use XML::Smart ;

  my $bad_xml = '&lt;hdsso&gt;&lt;hpid&gt;--------&lt;/hpid&gt;&lt;pin
+&gt;abcbs-hd&lt;/pin&gt;&lt;fname&gt;--------&lt;/fname&gt;&lt;mname&
+gt;&lt;/mname&gt;&lt;lname&gt;-------&lt;/lname&gt;&lt;dob&gt;-------
+&lt;/dob&gt;&lt;email&gt;-------&lt;/email&gt;&lt;ls&gt;----------&lt
+;/ls&gt;&lt;ws&gt;---------&lt;/ws&gt;&lt;/hdsso&gt;';
    
  my $xml_obj_fix = new XML::Smart( "<data>$bad_xml</data>" ,'html') ;
+ 
   
  my $xml_obj_ok = new XML::Smart( $xml_obj_fix->{data} ,'html') ; 
    
  print $xml_obj_ok->data ;
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The output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<?meta name="GENERATOR" content="XML::Smart/1.6.9 Perl/5.006001 [MSWin
+32]" ?>
<root>
  <_1/>
  <hpid>--------</hpid>
  <pin>abcbs-hd</pin>
  <fname>--------</fname>
  <mname/>
  <lname>-------</lname>
  <dob>-------</dob>
  <email>-------</email>
  <ls>----------</ls>
  <ws>---------</ws>
</root>
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Enjoy!

Graciliano M. P.
"Creativity is the expression of liberty".

In reply to Re: Error decoding XML by gmpassos
in thread Error decoding XML by Hammy

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