Simple does not do spanning... Now the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel data is still accessible in Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple

use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;

my $xls = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple->read('excel.xls');
foreach my $sheet ($xls->sheets) {
  die Dumper $sheet;
  #while ($sheet->has_data) {
  #  my @data = $sheet->next_row;
  #}
}
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Take a look at the fields AlignH, AlignV and Merged. If Merged=1 you can have a value or no value.

So, in order to keep on using Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple I added a small unmerge() function that removes the span's:

use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple;

my $xls = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple->read('excel.xls');
foreach my $sheet ($xls->sheets) {
  #unmerge
  unmerge($sheet->{sheet});
  

  while ($sheet->has_data) {  
    my @data = $sheet->next_row;
    print join("\t", @data),"\n";
  }
}


sub unmerge{
    my($oWkS) =@_;
    print "--------- SHEET:", $oWkS->{Name}, "\n";
    for(my $iR = $oWkS->{MinRow} ; 
            defined $oWkS->{MaxRow} && $iR <= $oWkS->{MaxRow} ; $iR++)
+ {
        for(my $iC = $oWkS->{MinCol} ;
                        defined $oWkS->{MaxCol} && $iC <= $oWkS->{MaxC
+ol} ; $iC++) {
            $oWkC = $oWkS->{Cells}[$iR][$iC];
            next unless $oWkC;
            if($oWkC->is_merged){
                if($oWkC->Value){
                    print "COPY V=$oWkC->{Format}->{AlignV} H=$oWkC->{
+Format}->{AlignH}\n";
                    for my $i (1..$oWkC->{Format}->{AlignV}){
                        print "ADDV [$iR+$i][$iC] \n";
                        $oWkS->{Cells}[$iR+$i][$iC]->{_Value} = $oWkC-
+>Value;
                        $oWkS->{Cells}[$iR+$i][$iC]->{Merged}=0;
                    }
                    for my $i (1..$oWkC->{Format}->{AlignH}){
                        print "ADDH [$iR][$iC+$i]  \n";
                        $oWkS->{Cells}[$iR][$iC+$i]->{_Value} = $oWkC-
+>Value;
                        $oWkS->{Cells}[$iR][$iC+$i]->{Merged}=0;
                    }
                }
            }
            print "( $iR , $iC ) ==", $oWkC->Value, " ", $oWkC->{Merge
+d},"\n";
        }
    }
}
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This should copy/clone your spanned data... while still being able to use Simple...

in my case, my output was:

--------- SHEET:Sheet1
COPY V=2 H=0
ADDV [0+1][0] 
ADDV [0+2][0] 
( 0 , 0 ) ==cat 1
( 0 , 1 ) ==Fluffy 
( 1 , 0 ) ==cat 0
( 1 , 1 ) ==Vera 
( 2 , 0 ) ==cat 0
( 2 , 1 ) ==Manxie 
cat     Fluffy
cat     Vera
cat     Manxie
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edit: can you send me your xls example where the cell is at the second row, Libreoffice forces the data from the rightmost/topmost...

edit2: Ok, merged cells that already had a value, and my subroutine dies because the AlignH/AlignV are messed up. This will need some more tinkering before it works properly. (but need to sleep now)

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