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I'm not an XML::Twig user; however, its documentation has:

atts: Return a hash ref containing the element attributes

So, you should be able to determine if fq is present with exists:

exists $label->atts()->{fq}
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This will return true even if the value is undef.

Assuming the attribute exists, you may also want to check the value with defined and possibly even length (to check for a zero-length string) before checking for truth or specific values.

-- Ken

In reply to Re: XML::Twig - how can I test for an attribute when the attribute value is 0? by kcott
in thread XML::Twig - how can I test for an attribute when the attribute value is 0? by mertserger

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