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

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