Spreadsheet::XLSX (as found in http://search.cpan.org/~dmow/Spreadsheet-XLSX-0.13-withoutworldwriteables/lib/Spreadsheet/XLSX.pm) does not use an XML parser, but instead it messes with regular expressions. The code looks quite scary and seems to be very optimistic about the file format.

Perhaps you should look for a different module, or rewrite Spreadsheet::XLSX using a sane XML parser, like XML::LibXML.

Alexander

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In reply to Re: Spreadsheet::XLSX returning &lt; &gt; and &amp; instead of < > & by afoken
in thread Spreadsheet::XLSX returning &lt; &gt; and &amp; instead of < > & by psynk

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