#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use XML::LibXML; use Devel::Size qw/total_size/; my $s1 = str1(); my $x1 = XML::LibXML->new(); my $p1 = $x1->parse_string($s1); my $s2 = str2(); my $x2 = XML::LibXML->new(); my $p2 = $x2->parse_string($s2); print 'Used Bytes: ', total_size($p1),"\n"; print 'Used Bytes: ', total_size($p2),"\n"; sub str1 { return < Meier Peter 1423 28 Schmidt Harald 7421.00 19 END } sub str2 { return < Meier Peter 1423 28 Schmidt Harald 7421.00 19 Meier Peter 1423 28 Schmidt Harald 7421.00 19 END }