I have a perl script that parses an Excel file, do data and formating modifications and then saves the xls file using Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser.

Everything works smooth until I use a xls file with more that 2 sheets.

Say I have a xls file input.xls with sheets named: sheet1,sheet2,sheet3,sheet4,sheet5. (size = 245k).
When I run this code:

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$oExcel = new Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
$oBook = $oExcel->Parse('/tmp/input.xls');

for(my $iSheet=0; $iSheet < $oBook->{SheetCount};    $iSheet++) {
    $oWkS = $oBook->{Worksheet}[$iSheet];
    
    print "Sheet: " . $iSheet . "\n";

    print "Name: ".$oWkS->{Name}."\n";

    print "MaxCol: ".$oWkS->{MaxCol}."\n\n";
}

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I get the following output:
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Sheet: 0
Name: sheet1
MaxCol: 24

Sheet: 1
Name: sheet2
MaxCol: 18

Sheet: 2
Name: sheet3
MaxCol:

Sheet: 3
Name: sheet4
MaxCol:

Sheet: 4
Name: sheet5
MaxCol:
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From sheet3 everything starts to disapear, MaxCol is not set and there are no data being parsed.

I know Spreadsheet::ParseExcel can't handle too big files, but my file is 245k big. Am I doing something wrong?

Any help will be very welcome.

In reply to Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Multiple Sheets behaving strangely. by jbooysen

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