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#!perl
use strict;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
use Data::Dump 'dd';

my $filename = "Book2.xls";

my $e = new Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
my $eBook  = $e->Parse($filename);
my $eSheet = $eBook->{Worksheet}[0];
my $maxrow = $eSheet->{MaxRow};
my $maxcol = $eSheet->{MaxCol};
print "maxrow=$maxrow maxcol=$maxcol\n";

my %data    = ();
my @header  = ();
my @datarow = ();

for my $row (0 .. $maxrow) {

  my %this_set=();
  my $master_key;
  
  for my $col (0 .. $maxcol){
    my $cell = $eSheet->{Cells}[$row][$col];
    if (defined $cell){
      $datarow[$col] = $cell->Value unless ($cell->Value eq '');
    } else {
      next;
    }
  
    # header row
    if ($row == 0){
      $header[$col] = $datarow[$col];
      $datarow[$col] = '';
    }  else {
      if ($col == 0){
        $master_key = $datarow[$col];
      } else {
        my $key   = $header[$col];
        my $value = $datarow[$col];
        $this_set{$key} = $value;
      } 
    }     
  }  
  #print join ",",@datarow,"\n";
 
  # Store our found set for that ID:
  if ($row > 0){
    push @{ $data{ $master_key }}, \%this_set;
  }
}

dd \%data;

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update : clear @datarow for header line.
poj

In reply to Re^7: Converting Excel to Hash by poj
in thread Converting Excel to Hash by ravi179

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