I'm trying to use spreadsheet using global variables from config file. I get the following error when I run main.pl. Instead if I use 'my <variable name>' things work fine.

The following code gives me "Use of unitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel/Workbook.pm line 1545 during global destruction. (in cleanup) Can't call method "_prepare_image" on unblessed reference at usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel/Workbook.pm line 1546 during global destruction

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
#config.pl
#Contains all the configuration details
use strict;
use vars qw (
              $workbook $worksheet 
              );
$workbook = 0x0;
$worksheet = 0x0;
1;

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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#main.pl
use strict;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;
BEGIN {require "config.pl"};

# Create a new workbook called simple.xls and add a worksheet.
$workbook  = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new('simple.xls');
$worksheet = $workbook->add_worksheet();

# The general syntax is write($row, $column, $token).
# Note that row and column are zero indexed.

# Write some text.
$worksheet->write(0, 0,  'Hi Excel!');

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For my requirement I should be able to use the vairables in config.pl

In reply to Global variables issue in spreadsheets by syniperl

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