I searched "rowspan" for previous messages about this topic, but results were all related to HTML tables. I also searched the CPAN methods for this module, and saw none seemingly related to the problem. Same with "known issues".. I'm using Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple to read a spreadsheet. I'm having trouble with cells than span multiple rows such as: 
 Animal    Name
------------------
         | Fluffy
         |--------  
Cat      | Vera
         |-------
         | Manxie
---------|-------

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I get back: 
row 1 : '', 'Fluffy'
row 2 : 'Cat', 'Vera'
row 3 : '', 'Manxie'

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even though a human can tell that 'Cat' belongs in all 3 rows. Is there a setting, or another parser that I can use to deal with this? The problem is there is no indicator I can interpret to tell what rows a given value spans. Thank-You

In reply to rowspan vals in Excel SS are not interpreted by ParseExcel::Simple by misterperl

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