Exercise

  1. Generate an XML file using a Perl data structure using the Perl print function and then again using the Perl XML::Writer module. The data structure consists of an array of hashes that holds email list information. Here is a sample data structure to use as input. Of course, you can change the data if you feel more comfortable using your personal information. 

    my @list = ({ 
               first => 'Ilya', 
               last => 'Sterin', 
               email => 'isterin@cpan.org' 
            }, 
            { 
               first => 'Mark', 
               last => 'Riehl', 
               email => 'mark_riehl@hotmail.com' 
            });

The reason for using the data structure for an input data source is that it simulates XML generation as one part of a multistep process. For example, the XML document may get generated as a result of previous processing by the ...

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