#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
use Data::Dumper;

# cobbled together from examples for the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and
# Spreadsheet::WriteExcel modules

my $sourcename = 'C:\Documents and Settings\la\Desktop\EuronextTestData.xls'; #shift @ARGV or die "invocation: $0 <source file>";

my $source_excel = new Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;

my $source_book = $source_excel->Parse($sourcename)
or die "Could not open source Excel file $sourcename: $!";

my $storage_book;

foreach my $source_sheet_number (0 .. $source_book->{SheetCount}-1)
{
 my $source_sheet = $source_book->{Worksheet}[$source_sheet_number];

 print "-----SHEET:", $source_sheet->{Name}, "\n";

 # sanity checking on the source file: rows and columns should be sensible
 next unless defined $source_sheet->{MaxRow};
 next unless $source_sheet->{MinRow} <= $source_sheet->{MaxRow};
 next unless defined $source_sheet->{MaxCol};
 next unless $source_sheet->{MinCol} <= $source_sheet->{MaxCol};

 foreach my $row_index (0 .. $source_sheet->{MaxRow})
 {
  foreach my $col_index (0 .. $source_sheet->{MaxCol})
  {
   my $source_cell = $source_sheet->{Cells}[$row_index][$col_index];
   if ($source_cell)
   {
    #print "( $row_index , $col_index ) =>", $source_cell->Value, "\n";

  $storage_book->{$source_sheet->{Name}}->{$row_index}->{$col_index} = $source_cell->Value;
   } # end of source_cell check
  } # foreach col_index
 } # foreach row_index
} # foreach source_sheet_number

print "Perl recognized the following data (sheet/row/column order):\n";
print Dumper( $storage_book );
print "Excel Content read successfully!\n";