creating hash table using perl [closed]

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I am trying to create hash table using perl. I have XML file as input and it contains information about diognostic tests and test description. Test number as a key and Test description as a value to the key. Then test number and string have the key -value relation.Help me to write perl script that stores description in one string and create hash table.please can help me because i am begginer to perl and i am reading but i am not able to implement.

 <DATA>
   <number>1</number>
   <age>24</age>
    <place>india&开发者_JAVA技巧lt;/place>
    <description></description>
      </data>

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That's pretty much what XML::Simple does. So just use that.