So I am trying to find a cell in a spreadsheet. I entered "findme" in the cell and I want to return the cell next to it. So if "findme" was in A1, I want to return B1. If I hard code the script to find "findme" it works just fine. I want to prompt the user so it can be more versatile, but it will not work correctly. Any Ideas? 
#use warnings;  
#use strict;  
use Cwd;  
use OLE;  
use Win32::OLE::Const "Microsoft Excel";  
 
#-----------------------"Copy From" Destination-----------------------
+--
  my ( $xl_report ) = ( "c:/perl/energy.xls" );  
  my ( $excel, $workbook, $sheet, $row, @data,$i, $j,$char,$char2,$pri
+ntme,$FindMe, @FindMe ); 
   $excel = CreateObject OLE 'Excel.Application';  
   $excel -> {Visible} = 1;  
   $excel -> {EnableEvents} = "false"; 
 
     #-----------------------Formating and Setup----------------------
+-----
   $workbook = $excel    -> Workbooks  -> Open ( "$xl_report" ) or &te
+rminate ( "open $xl_report" );  
   $sheet    = $workbook -> Worksheets( "info" );
   $sheet -> Activate;  
    #---------------------Search for Text-----------------------------
+---
    #print "Find what !?\n"; 
        #$FindMe = <STDIN>;#I also tried multiple types
for ($j=1; $j<27; $j++)#loop to go through Columns
{
    $FindMe= findme;
    $char= chr($j+64);
    $char2= chr($j+65);
    for ($i=1; $i<30; $i++)#loop to go through Rows
    {
         if (($sheet -> Range ( $char . $i ) -> {Value}) eq $FindMe)
         {
             $data = $sheet -> Range ( $char2 . "$i" ) -> {Value};
         }
    }
}
    $sheet -> Range ( "Z" . 1 ) -> {Value} = $data;
    print "ENDDATA: $data";

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