use strict; use XML::Rules; my $parser = XML::Rules->new( rules => { _default => 'content', 'sampling,sports' => 'content array', dataName => sub { return unless $_[1]->{language} eq 'English'; return $_[0] => $_[1]; }, place => sub { return unless $_[1]->{country} eq 'SouthAfrica'; print "Sampling: " . join( ', ', @{$_[1]->{dataName}{sampling}}) . "\n"; return; } } ); $parser->parse(\*DATA); __DATA__ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <request> <place> <country>SouthAfrica</country> <sports>cricket</sports> <sports>rugby</sports> <dataName> <language>English</language> <sampling>16000</sampling> <sampling>11025</sampling> </dataName> <dataName> <language>Africans</language> <sampling>16000</sampling> </dataName> </place> </request>