[Chicago-talk] XML::Simple MXLout SuppressEmpty

[tiger peng]

Then, I need an eraser :-).
What is the attachment 'file.bin'? I'd better erase
it.


--- "Michael D. Stemle, Jr."
<manchicken at notsosoft.net> wrote:

> You may have to just weed it out manually...  I've
> never figured out how to 
> get that to work...
> 
> On Wednesday 27 September 2006 14:59, tiger peng
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Is there simple way to avoid an empty hash being
> shown
> > up as an empty element in XML with XML::Simple?
> > According to perldoc XML::Simple, the
> SuppressEmpty
> > only work for undef in XMLout.
> >
> > print Dumper($tree);
> > print XMLout($tree, SuppressEmpty => 1);
> >
> > $VAR1 = {
> >   'category' => {
> >     '301994' => {
> >       'level' => 2,
> >       'categroy' => {},
> >       'name' => Furniture',
> >       'code' => '301994'
> >       }
> >     }
> > };
> > <opt>
> >   <category name="Furniture" code="301994"
> level="2">
> >     <categroy></categroy>
> >   </category>
> > </opt>
> >
> > #Here is my ugly work-around:
> >  print XMLout(XMLin(XMLout($tree), SuppressEmpty
> =>
> > 1));
> > <opt>
> >   <category name="Furniture" code="301994"
> level="2"
> > />
> > </opt>
> >
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