# XML Filter :How to create array of objects using xml filter (xpath)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xml-filter-how-to-create-array-of-objects-using-xml-filter-xpath/144143>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 13, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xml-filter-how-to-create-array-of-objects-using-xml-filter-xpath/144143 "2018-08-13T09:54:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xml-filter-how-to-create-array-of-objects-using-xml-filter-xpath/144143/4 "2018-08-13T18:20:39Z")

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Something like this:

```
    ruby { code => "
        c = event.get('code')
        i = event.get('id')
        n = event.get('name')
        a = []
        c.each_index { |k|
            h = { 'code' => c[k], 'id' => i[k], 'name' => n[k] }
            a << h
        }
        event.set('arrayOfHashes', a)
    "

```

Error handling is left as an exercise for the reader.

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