Please help me out and let me know what the general process is when using this Win32::OLE process. I believe that I know it, but want to check it against all of the wisdom that is willing to help me out. 
{ $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') ||
    Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit');

  $Excel->{'Visible'} = 0;
  $book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open("$dirpath\\$xls");
  $worksheet = $book->Worksheets(1);
  $row = 0;
  $read_xls++;
  while ($read_xls) {
    $row++;
    $excel_data = $worksheet->Range("A$row:Z$row")->{'Value'};
    $col1_data = $excel_data->[0][0];   
    $col2_data = $excel_data->[0][1];    
    $col1_data =~ s/\s*$//;
    $col2_data =~ s/\s*$//;
   
    if ($col1_data =~ /^MDLS/i) {
      $found_mdls++;
      $col = 0;
      }
      
    next unless $found_mdls;
    unless ($col1_data) {
      $found_mdls = "";
      $read_xls = "";
      last;
    }
    $model = $col1_data;
    $spec = $col2_data;
    $prod2 = $model;

$Excel->Workbooks->Close();
}

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I forgot to put this in, but what is the value of 0 and 1 in the form of the Worksheet format. I believe that they just get concatenated with the next set of values, but really want to make sure.

just so you all know, this has been a painful post for me. I have felt stupid, then smart, then stupid all over again. I do know now what I was looking for and have figured out the flow of this program. I was on the right track and thanks to a few kind monks, I have found my way with this program.

Although, I have learned that this place is majorly competive and I am not one of the top monks, I am humble enough to carry forward and ask another question if I need to, in order to get the help that I need.

Peace, ((love)) and Code

In reply to Simple Question - Simple Answer, I hope. by basicdez

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