Perl and xml

[Bill Cunningham]

I'm wondering how I can use Perl to parse or write a parser for xml. I
have something called expat. I use C,C++, and Java most of the time so I'm
new to perl. I don't really like interpreters but I've heard Perl's a
powerful language. So I'll check it out.

Bill
How can I use what's called 'modules' and xml?

[Joe Smith]

Bill Cunningham wrote:

I'm wondering how I can use Perl to parse or write a parser for xml.
Why re-invent the wheel? There are some perfectly good perl modules
already written to parse XML. Just use them.
How can I use what's called 'modules' and xml?

Buy a good book (http://books.perl.org) and learn the basics of
Perl (http://learn.perl.org). Any decent book will show you
how to use modules.
-Joe

[Jürgen Exner]

Bill Cunningham wrote:

I'm wondering how I can use Perl to parse or write a parser for
xml.

Well, unless you love academic excercises you may want to use one of the
existing XML parser.
Did you check CPAN?

jue