... use strict; use warnings; use DBI; use POSIX; use File::Basename; use Net::SFTP::Foreign; use Text::CSV::Simple; use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel; ... # Generate XLS from array: my $strExcelFilename = "filename.xls"; my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new($strExcelFilename); my $worksheet = $workbook->addworksheet("worksheetname"); my $intStartRow = 1; my $i = $intStartRow; my $intQueryArray = 0; my $o = $intQueryArray; my $intStartCol = 0; my $u = $intStartCol; $sth = execute_query("QUERY THAT RETURNS DATA FOR MULTIPLE COLUMNS IN ONE COLUMN"); my %header = ( -bold => 1, -italic => 1, -text_wrap => 1, -border => 1, ); my $format = $workbook->add_format(%header); $worksheet->write('A1', "something", $format); $worksheet->write('B1', "something", $format); $worksheet->write('C1', "something", $format); $worksheet->write('D1', "something", $format); $worksheet->write('E1', "something", $format); $worksheet->write('F1', "something", $format); $worksheet->write('G1', "something", $format); # Format and split strings from query into their corresponding columns my @res; while ($res[$o] = $sth->fetchrow_array()) { my $set = $res[$o]; $set =~ s/[\(\)]//g; my @values = split(',', $set); foreach my $value (@values) { $worksheet->write($i, $u, $value); $u++ } $u = 0; $i++; $o++; }