I think that there are 2 things that might help you here. The first is the write_col() worksheet method which will write a column or an array of data in one go.

The second is that since a formula is initially only a string you can generate it programmatically based on the number of cells that you have. Both of these points are shown in this short example: 

    #/usr/bin/perl -wl

    use strict;
    use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;

    my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new("z.xls");
    my $worksheet = $workbook->add_worksheet();

    my @column = (
        'pass',
        'fail',
        'pass',
        'pass',
    );

    my @array = (
          [ '1', '00A', 'pass' ],
          [ '2', '01A', 'fail' ],
          [ '3', '01B', 'fail' ],
          [ '4', '02A', 'pass' ],
    );

    $worksheet->write_col('B2', \@column);
    $worksheet->write_col('D2', \@array);

    # Generate the formula.    
    my $first_row = 2; # B2 in this example
    my $last_row  = $first_row + @array -1;

    $worksheet->write('H2', '=COUNTIF(F2:F' . $last_row .  ', "FAIL")'
+);

    __END__

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John.

In reply to Re: Create a excel sheet with formula ??? by jmcnamara
in thread Create a excel sheet with formula ??? by samirpatry

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