Hello ankit.tayal560,

Are you sure the error is coming from the code shown? When I run your code, accessing an Excel file created according to the table in the OP, it works without errors:

17:20 >perl 1704_SoPW.pl
Azhar-->Academic
Azhar-->IQ
Azhar-->Music
Azhar-->sports

Gurmeet-->Academic
Gurmeet-->IQ
Gurmeet-->Music
Gurmeet-->sports

Jason-->IQ
Jason-->Music

Vishal-->Academic
Vishal-->IQ
Vishal-->sports


17:21 >

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It may help if you detail your platform, Perl version, and Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version. Here are mine:

Also, please copy and paste the exact error message you receive (within <code> ... </code> tags).

Cheers,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

In reply to Re^3: How to convert Excel contents into a hash table and further access the contents of that hash table ? by Athanasius
in thread How to convert Excel contents into a hash table and further access the contents of that hash table ? by ankit.tayal560

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