my $len = length($value[$col]); 
 $width[$col] = $len if $len > $width[$col];  

##</code><code>##

for my $col ( $col_min .. $col_max ) {
  $worksheet1->set_column($col,$col,$width[$col]) 
}

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;

my $parser   = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel->new();
my $workbook = $parser->parse('_status.xls');
 
if ( !defined $workbook ) {
  die $parser->error(), ".\n";
}
 
my $workbook1 = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new('_Status_Report.xls');
my @color = qw(white green orange pink blue mageta silver);
my @format;
for my $i (1..@color){
 $format[$i] = $workbook1->add_format(bg_color => $color[$i]);
 $format[$i]->set_text_wrap();
}

for my $worksheet ( $workbook->worksheets() ) {
  my $worksheet1 = $workbook1->add_worksheet();
  my ( $row_min, $row_max ) = $worksheet->row_range();
  my ( $col_min, $col_max ) = $worksheet->col_range();
  
  # set minimum column width
  my @width;
  $width[$_] = 10  for ($col_min .. $col_max);
  
  for my $row ( $row_min .. $row_max ) {
    my @value = ();

    my $fmt; # format for complete row
    # store row in array
    for my $col ( $col_min .. $col_max ) {

      my $cell = $worksheet->get_cell( $row, $col );
      if (defined $cell) {
        $value[$col] = $cell->value() ;
        if ($value[$col] =~ m/Completed/i){
          $fmt = $format[1]
        } elsif ($value[$col] =~ m/In Progress/i){
          $fmt = $format[2]
        } elsif ($value[$col] =~ m/Planning/i) {
          $fmt = $format[3]
        } elsif ($value[$col] =~ m/On Hold/i) {
          $fmt = $format[4]
        } elsif ( $value[$col] =~ m/END OF/) {
          $fmt = $format[5]
        } elsif ( $value[$col] =~ m/Current Status/i) {
          $fmt = $format[6]
        }
        
        # determine max width for each column
        my $len = length($value[$col]); 
        $width[$col] = $len if $len > $width[$col];  
      }
    }
    
    # write row
    for my $col ( $col_min .. $col_max ) {
      $worksheet1->write($row, $col, $value[$col],$fmt);
    }
  }
  # set column widths
  for my $col ( $col_min .. $col_max ) {
    $worksheet1->set_column($col,$col,$width[$col]) 
  }
}