Hello Monks,
I am trying to repeat a formula with Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. I get the information from querying the database with DBI. For some reason, my formula is repeating for all the rows but the first one. Technically, it is the second row but the first row is has a name- not a number- and I don't care about formulas for that row. Anyways, here is part of my code: 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;
use DBI;

my $file = "/path/to/file/";
my $xWB = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new($file);
my $xWS5 = $xWB->add_worksheet('Summary');

my $format = $xWB->add_format();
$format->set_bold();

#DBI stuff here..

my $row_count = $sth->rows;
my $multiply = $xWS5->store_formula("=E2*F2");

# write worksheet
my $rowz = 0; my $colz = 0;
$xWS5->write($rowz,$colz++, $_) for @{$sth->{NAME}};

while (my $ar = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref) {
        ++$rowz; $colz = 0;
        $xWS5->write($rowz, $colz++, $_) for @$ar;
for my $line (0..$row_count) {
#this arguments are row, column, formula, format, first cell, second c
+ell
     $xWS5->repeat_formula($line, 6, $multiply, $format, "E2", 'E'.($l
+ine + 1), "F2", 'F'.($line + 1));
     }
}

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In the for loop, I am trying to repeat the formula for column G. It is doing it for all the cells in column G except G2. I tried incrementing from 1 in the for loop, taking away 1 in $line + 1, etc.. So the formula only starts repeating at G3, not G2. Any insight, as usual, is greatly appreciated. :)

In reply to Missing first row with formula by PerlSufi

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