Problem with getChildNodes() command

[shlomyb]

I use the following xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<me>
<name>Joe Cool </name>
<age>24</age>
<sex>male</sex>
</me>

my Ques.

Why when I use the following code I get 7 and not 3 , if it is a recursive command , why 7 and not 6 ???
print $children->getLength;


The full script :

#!/usr/bin/perl
use XML:OM;
$xp = new XML:OM:arser();
$doc = $xp->parsefile("in.xml");
$root = $doc->getDocumentElement();
my $children = $root->getChildNodes();
print $children->getLength;

 

[shlomyb]

The Reason is in the XML file.
When I tried to use a flatted xml (with no new lines only one long line) file it seems to work.

Any suggestions . why ?