..what is the difference in the cell hash for _Value and Val? I open the file with new, no converters, and then step through a sheet's cells. I've had success with these in the past using _Value for the cell contents, but today , suddenly, I saw this: 
0  Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Cell=HASH(0x6669a58)
   'Format' => ''
   'Type' => 'Numeric'
   'Val' => 0.153
   '_Value' => 0.15

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I checked in excel and indeed, the cell has 0.153 in it, as text, nothing looks unusual.

Should I be using {Val} ? I see the lone example on the module's meta cpan page uses Val, but I see no description of the cell-hash , or what the difference is between Val and _Value?

Can a kind Monk enlighten me?

TYVM

In reply to Spreadsheet::XLSX why is Val != _Value by misterperl

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