Read and write Excel files in Perl

Install the Excel module's PPM command

ppm> install OLE::Storage_Lite
ppm> install Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
ppm> install Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

Windows Sample: Parsing

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Const ‘Microsoft Excel‘;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;                   # die on errors...
# get already active Excel application or open new
my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject(‘Excel.Application‘)
    || Win32::OLE->new(‘Excel.Application‘, ‘Quit‘);  
# open Excel file
my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open("c:/komodo projects/test.xls"); 
# You can dynamically obtain the number of worksheets, rows, and columns
# through the Excel OLE interface.  Excel‘s Visual Basic Editor has more
# information on the Excel OLE interface.  Here we just use the first
# worksheet, rows 1 through 4 and columns 1 through 3.
# select worksheet number 1 (you can also select a worksheet by name)
my $Sheet = $Book->Worksheets(1);
foreach my $row (1..4){
 foreach my $col (1..3){
  # skip empty cells
  next unless defined $Sheet->Cells($row,$col)->{‘Value‘};
 # print out the contents of a cell  
  printf "At ($row, $col) the value is %s and the formula is %s\n",
   $Sheet->Cells($row,$col)->{‘Value‘},
   $Sheet->Cells($row,$col)->{‘Formula‘};        
 }
}
# clean up after ourselves
$Book->Close;

Assignment value:

$sheet->cells ($row, $col)->{' Value '} = 1;

Read and write Excel files in Perl