Question

I am using regular expression to parse XML file (though regexp is not recommended for xml parsing, but i have to use regexp, no other go).

My doubt is how to skip commented lines in XML file, while parsing using Perl.

I want Perl to parse XML file, while skipping commented lines.

Can anyone help me, please.

Thanks
Senthil .

Answer 1

One way to do it is to strip commented lines prior to parsing.

$string =~ s/<!--.*?-->//gs;