Ah, when I was reading the code, I found this explanation about Val and _Value in ~/perl5/lib/perl5/Spreadsheet/ParseExcel/Cell.pm

############################################################
#
# value()
#
# Returns the formatted value of the cell.
#
sub value {

    my $self = shift;

    return $self->{_Value};
}

############################################################
#
# unformatted()
#
# Returns the unformatted value of the cell.
#
sub unformatted {

    my $self = shift;

    return $self->{Val};
}

############################################################

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You see, sometimes a cell has a formula, and it holds the formula string, but also a resulting value. So Val holds =sum(A1+1) and _Value holds "42". It was/is? a problem in a XLS writer module, where only one was filled in, so you were required to open the spreadsheet in excel, let it calculate the values, then save it again in order to keep on processing the sheet.

In reply to Re^3: rowspan vals in Excel SS are not interpreted by ParseExcel::Simple by FreeBeerReekingMonk
in thread rowspan vals in Excel SS are not interpreted by ParseExcel::Simple by misterperl

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