Hi Ken, On Thu, 24 May 2012 08:41:36 -0700 (PDT) Ken Furff <frazzmata...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using the spreadsheet::xlsx module in a script im writing. I need to > extract about 4 columns out of about 60. I need those specific columns for > comparison and updating. I assume that I'll load the data into an array or an > array of arrays for comparison. I am able to extract the contents of the > file, but I cant figure out how to specify just those columns... I'll put the > code i currently have below > > use Spreadsheet::XLSX; > > $excel = Spreadsheet::XLSX -> new ('build.xlsx'); > foreach my $sheet (@{$excel -> {Worksheet}}) { > > printf("Sheet: %s\n", $sheet->{Name}); > $sheet -> {MaxRow} ||=$sheet -> {MinRow}; > > foreach $row ($sheet -> {MinRow} .. $sheet -> {MaxRow}) { > > $sheet -> {MaxCol} ||= $sheet -> {MinCol}; > > foreach $col ($sheet -> {MinCol} .. $sheet -> {MaxCol}) { > > $cell = $sheet -> {Cells} [$row] [$col]; > Here you can filter or extract the relevant items out of @{ $sheet->{Cells}[$row] }. You can do something like: my @indexes = (2 .. (2+4-1)); my @desired_cells = @{ $sheet->{Cells}[$row] }[ @indexes ]; For more information, see: http://perl-begin.org/topics/references/ Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ My Aphorisms - http://www.shlomifish.org/humour.html The KGB used to torture their victims by having them look at scrolling XSLT code. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/