If you should afterall be interested in Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, then maybe the following code from the docs (after naming the variables with slightly better readable names) is going to help you 
use strict;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
my $BookObject = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook->Parse('Excel/Test9
+7.xls');
foreach my $WorksheetObject (@{$BookObject->{Worksheet}}) {
   print "--------- SHEET:", $WorksheetObject->{Name}, "\n";
   for(my $RowIndex = $WorksheetObject->{MinRow}; # starting at minimu
+m row value
       defined $WorksheetObject->{MaxRow} &&
         $RowIndex <= $WorksheetObject->{MaxRow}; # ending at maximum 
+row value
       $RowIndex++) {
      for (my $ColumnIndex = $WorksheetObject->{MinCol};
           defined $WorksheetObject->{MaxCol} &&
             $ColumnIndex <= $WorksheetObject->{MaxCol};
           $ColumnIndex++) {
          $CellObject = $WorksheetObject->{Cells}[$RowIndex][$ColumnIn
+dex]; # get cell
          print "( $RowIndex , $ColumnIndex ) =>",
                $CellObject->Value, "\n"    # print cell contents ...
             if ($CellObject);              # ... if cell exists
      }
   }
}

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Overview over the Spreadsheet::ParseExcell class:
class Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
    | via ->Parse
   class Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook
       | via ->{Worksheet}
      class Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Worksheet
           | via ->{Cells}[$Row][$Column]
         class Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Cell
 And as well, but not so important:
class Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Format
class Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Font
class Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Fmt
 Hope this helped.
CombatSquirrel.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple by CombatSquirrel
in thread Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple, reading specific cells? by Anonymous Monk

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