I am reading a word file which has tables, using Win32::OLE. I am only interested in the tables. The code I use is shown below 
 use Win32::OLE qw(in);
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';

sub print_tables {
    my $word =Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application','Quit');  # shift;
 
    my $word_file = file(abs_path(shift));
 
    my $doc = $word->{Documents}->Open("$word_file");
    my $tables = $word->ActiveDocument->{Tables};
 

 

    for my $table (in $tables) {
my $numrows=$table->Rows->Count; 
 
my $rownum=1;
 while($rownum<=$table->Rows->Count){
...
 $main::numcols=$table->Columns->Count;
my $cell5=$table->Cell($rownum,$main::numcols);#this is the last colum
+n
.....
                                     }


                               }  
  }

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The problem arises when the tables have merged columns, so that the number of columns is < $main::numcols In that case I need to check and essantially say either "if $actual_number_of_columns_in_present_row <$main::numcols){...}" or catch the exception "(If ! $cell5 ){...}" So the question is how do I say either of these?

In reply to Win32::OLE reading word file with tables by chafelix

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