Re: How can I replace a line (tag) in an XML file?

is the view of the xml fix or is it only your thinkin of storing the data on this way?

use strict;
use XML::Simple;

$filename = "yours.xml";
xml_edit($filename); # return done 1 || error 0

sub xml_edit($){
my$bool=0;
%DB=load($_[0]);
if(exists$DB{student}{id}{2})
{
$DB{student}{gpa}='C';
$bool++;
}
save($_[0],\%DB);
return$bool;
}

#untested
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but i recommend you to build a hash of your data within perl and export it via "save($filename,\%hashref);"

for this you got truly the right structure with easy editing potential even if the data gets more bulky.

$perlig =~ s/pec/cep/g if 'errors expected';

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Re^2: How can I replace a line (tag) in an XML file? by Jenda (Abbot) on Sep 29, 2011 at 10:19 UTC
The problem with XML::Simple (well, one of) when using it to edit a file is that it tends to change the XML in ways that do not make a difference when the file is read by XML::Simple, but will cause all other tools to fail to read it. In this particular case all those content-only tags will become attributes of the parent tag. XML::Simple will not mind, other tools most probably will. Not speaking about the fact that your code would not work ... there is no load() or save() in XML::Simple and the data structure would look different than what you seem to think. Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply]
Re^3: How can I replace a line (tag) in an XML file? by AlexTape (Monk) on Sep 29, 2011 at 10:52 UTC
i´m sorry - sunken in my own projects i should probably post full storys ;-) `sub load{return%{XML::Simple->new(ForceContent=>1)->XMLin($_[0])};}#lo +ads xml sub save{XMLout($_[1],OutputFile=>$_[0]);1;}#saves hash to xml` [download] but your still mostly right.. for me it works fine.. $perlig =~ s/pec/cep/g if 'errors expected';	[reply] [d/l]


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