# Unable to split Arrays into fields -parsing XML Attributes of an unknown number of child elements

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-split-arrays-into-fields-parsing-xml-attributes-of-an-unknown-number-of-child-elements/305144
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 19, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-split-arrays-into-fields-parsing-xml-attributes-of-an-unknown-number-of-child-elements/305144 "2022-05-19T08:44:31Z")
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### Author: ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-split-arrays-into-fields-parsing-xml-attributes-of-an-unknown-number-of-child-elements/305144/3 "2022-05-19T15:23:10Z")

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You could use something like [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ruby-snippet-to-iterate-through-array-results-in-error-ruby-exception-occurred-undefined-method-for-logstash-0x69068bc1/222166/4).

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