Re: generating attributes and content for an element

On Monday 24 November 2008, Manuel Souto Pico wrote:
> By the way, I forgot to mention that I'm using XML::Simple
>

Yes, I figured it out. I suggest you don't use XML::Simple. I don't use it and 
have a policy against helping people who do. Try using XML::Writer or 
XML::LibXML or whatever instead. XML::Simple is philosophically bad, and when 
done half-properly, is no longer simple.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

> Cheers, Manuel
>
> Manuel Souto Pico escribió:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is my first email to this list, so hello everyone! :)
> >
> > I'm starting to learn XML with Perl (and I'm not an experienced Perl
> > programmer either), so I'd be thankful if you could be patient ;)
> >
> > The doubt that I have is about generating both content* and attributes
> > for an element.
> >
> > (*): content which is not other elements, that is.
> >
> > By means of
> > my $data = {
> >         e => ['element value'],
> >         a => 'attribute value'*
> > *};
> > I can get  this:
> > <root a="attribute value">
> >   <e>element value</e>
> > </root>
> > However, what I'm after is something like
> > <root>
> >   <e a="attribute value">element value</e>
> > </root>
> > I would be very grateful for any ideas.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Manuel
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