Hi Monks, I have a script that converts an xlsx spreadsheet into a comma seperated csv format and pushes to an array. The next step deletes any dupliacte lines.

If i print to screen it looks fine and has done what i expect. But when i use print to show me where the newlines are it shows as one line.

How do i get a newline at the end of each row ie the Pass column. 

            # test.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Spreadsheet::BasicRead;
open( STDERR, ">&STDOUT" );
                            
my $xlsx_INFILE =("C:\\Temp\\Test.xlsx"),, 1; #Set-up Files
                    
my @csvtemp;
my $ss   = new Spreadsheet::BasicRead($xlsx_INFILE) or die " oops  \n"
+; #   convert $INFILE to a csv file 
my $name = '';
my $row  = 0;
    while ( my $data = $ss->getNextRow() ) {
                    $row++;
                    $name = join( ',', @$data );
            push @csvtemp,  $name . "\n" if ( $name ne "" );
}

    my @csvsort;
my %seen;                    #   remove any duplicates lines 
foreach (@csvtemp){

            push @csvsort, $_ if !$seen{$_}++ ;
}
   
  print("'@csvtemp'");

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 __DATA__  
 
 
Name    job    gender    Data of Sick     Reg    Pass
marshall    plumber    Male    ten        
Jones    baker    Male    none        
Smith    cleaner    Male    none    387622    
Tucker    cleaner    Female    none    387628    
Butcher    blacksmith    Male    none    386626    
Patel    Builder    Male    none        
Black    plumber    Male    Two        
Cooper    baker    Female    none        
Jess    cleaner    Male    none        
Booker    cleaner    Male    Six    387626
Patel    Builder    Male    none        
Black    plumber    Male    Two        
Cooper    baker    Female    none        
Jess    cleaner    Male    none        
Booker    cleaner    Male    Six    387626

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expected data 
'Name,job,gender,Data of Sick,Reg,Pass'
'marshall,plumber,Male,ten,,'
'Jones,baker,Male,none,,'
'Smith,cleaner,Male,none,387622,'
'Tucker,cleaner,Female,none,387628,'
'Butcher,blacksmith,Male,none,386626,'
'Patel,Builder,Male,none,,'
'Black,plumber,Male,Two,,'
'Cooper,baker,Female,none,,'
'Jess,cleaner,Male,none,,'
'Booker,cleaner,Male,Six,387626,'

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In reply to Perl to Add newline at the end of each row of comma seperated strings in an array ? by john.tm

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