use strict; use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel; my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new("demo.xls"); my @PEOPLE = ("BOB" , "SUE", "JOHN" ); foreach (@PEOPLE) { my $worksheet_$_ = $workbook->add_worksheet('$_'); } $NAME = "BOB" $worksheet_$NAME->write('A2', "$NAME is here"); $NAME= "SUE" $worksheet_$NAME->write('A2', "$NAME is here"); __END__