Hi All,

I am writing into excel using cgi/perl. When I write a number into a cell it is right aligned, though I want the left alignment. The choices I have are either format the cell left aligned or the whole worksheet formatting to text. Either of them is ok with me. How do I do this through perl? I am using Win32::OLE. Please find the code below. In summary, I'm opening a worksheet and then writing into the cells. Afterwards I am saving as CSV (Comma Separated) and closing the excel sheet. When I write into a cell, even if the value entered is number (i.e., 555) I want it to be left aligned instead of right aligned (which is the default for numbers) If I do the following, this is giving error. Think I am missing something :( 
       my    $format = $book->addformat(); # Add a format
       $format->set_align('right');
Below code is ok. I need to integrate the above one. 
my    $book    = $Excel->Workbooks->Add;
my    $sheet   = $book->Worksheets(1);

$sheet->Cells(1,1)->{Value} = $name;
$sheet->Cells(1,2)->{Value} = $address;
$sheet->Cells(1,3)->{Value} = $job;

$book->SaveAs( {FileName => "file1.csv", FileFormat =>6 , CreateBackup
+ => 0} );
$book->Close( {SaveChanges => 0} );

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Thanks in advance, Raj.

In reply to Formatting Excel cell using Perl by arajani

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