First let me describe my program I Grab it From a Config File using this regex 
 if(/;;HPLCColumn;;([0-9]+);/){
                            if ($number == 2){
                             $HPLC_Collum= $1;
                            $number ++;
                        }else {
                           die ; 
                        }

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I then pass it to the function.  capconverter($excelfile ,$HPLC_to_UV_Factor ,$HPLC_Collum ,$UV_Collum ,$Data_row_start);
I then use it in the fuction as so 
sub capconverter {
    my($excelfile ,$HPLC_to_UV_Factor ,$HPLC_Collum ,$UV_Collum ,$Data
+_row_start)=@_;
     my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application')
        || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit');
my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($excelfile);
$Excel->{DisplayAlerts}=0;
my $WorkBooknumber = 6;
my $Sheet = $Book->Worksheets($WorkBooknumber); # your work sheet numb
+er
 my $rowholder = $Data_row_start;
while ((defined ($Sheet->Cells($rowholder,1)->{'Value'}))){#&&( define
+d ($Sheet->Cells($rowholder,$HPLC_Collum)->{'Value'}))){
$Sheet->Cells($rowholder, 19)->{'Value'}= ($Sheet->Cells($rowholder,$H
+PLC_Collum)->{'Value'} *$HPLC_to_UV_Factor);    #to UV Calculation
$rowholder ++;
}
$Book->SaveAs($excelfile);
$Book->Close;
 }

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Which gives me the following error
Win32::OLE(0.1709) error 0x800a03ec
    in METHOD/PROPERTYGET "Cells" at C:\Documents and Settings\KHusban
+d\Desktop\
New Folder\exceel.pl line 272

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How ever if i switch the code from $Sheet->Cells($rowholder,$HPLC_Collum)->{'Value'} to ($Sheet->Cells($rowholder,18)->{'Value'} It works.
My question is why is this and how can i get the value to be passed in threw the function. When i print  $HPLC_Collum it return the value of 18 which is expected.
--Thanks
BlueInk

In reply to Cannot seem to pass number to a function by BlueInk

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