Does anyone know what I would need to do to loop through each item under inbox?
Sure. Determine what $d looks like and then walk that data structure.
use Data::Dump::Streamer;
my $xml = XML::Simple->new();
my $d = $xml->XMLin("sample.xml",ForceArray => 1, KeepRoot => 1);
Dump $d;
Gives
$HASH1 = {
inbox => [
{
item => [
{
description => [ 'Bar' ],
title => [ 'Foo' ]
},
{
description => [ 'Foobar' ],
title => [ 'Baz' ]
}
]
}
]
};
Now, for that sample XML it seems to have lots of redundant hashes and arrays if what you care about are the items. So, maybe don't use the extra options:
my $d = $xml->XMLin("sample.xml");
Gives:
$HASH1 = {
item => [
{
description => 'Bar',
title => 'Foo'
},
{
description => 'Foobar',
title => 'Baz'
}
]
};
So with that, $d->{item} would appear to be an AOH. Loop through it like this:
for my $item ( @{ $d->{item} } ) {
print "$item->{title}\n"; # for example
}
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