<bug>
<reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
<long_desc isprivate="0">
<abc="</abc>
<def></def>
<thetext>iam great.</thetext>
</long_desc>
<long_desc isprivate="0">
<abc=""></abc>
<def> </def>
<thetext>he is better</thetext>
</long_desc>
</bug>

From teh above response i want to store the content of "thetext" in an array.
<thetext> is the child tag of <long_desc>

If you see the above code there are 2 <long_desc> tags, each has its own child <thetext>.
I need to parse the xml file, and store it in an array

something like
$myArray[0]= iam great
$myArray= He is better

I can retrieve them using something like

my $root = XMLin($xmlcontent, ForceArray=>1,KeyAttr => {});
// $xmlcontent has the response. Whole string i.e
foreach my $bug(@{$root->{bug}})
{
print $root->{bug}->[0]->{long_desc}->[0]->{thetext}->[0];
// prints iam great

print $root->{bug}->[0]->{long_desc}->[1]->{thetext}->[0];

//prints he is better

}

but the above code works because i hardcoded values i.e
i knew there were 2 long_desc tags. (i.e i usedlong_Desc->[0], long_desc[1] etc)

In real time i need to know how can i find total number of tags.

I need to do this whole thing using XML-Simple module of PERL

[1][edited by: PankajBansal at 6:35 am (utc) on June 12, 2009]