Hi Monks!
I am trying to parse an Excel Spreadsheet to insert its values into a database, but I can’t get this code to work. It doesn’t print anything. I am getting "Use of uninitialized value in array element on line 44 and 46". Is there anything I am doing complete wrong, or a better way of doing this?
Here is the code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w  
 
use strict;  
use CGI qw( -oldstyle_urls :standard );
use CGI::Carp qw ( fatalsToBrowser );  
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;

print header();

my $header_account;
my $header_name;
my $got_number;
my $got_name;

my $f_to_parse="accounts.xls";

my $workbook = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook->Parse($f_to_parse)or
+ die "Unable to open $f_to_parse\n";


foreach my $page (@{$workbook->{Worksheet}}) {
       
    if ((defined $page->{MinCol}) && (defined $page->{MaxCol})) {
    
        foreach my $col ($page->{MinCol} .. $page->{MaxCol}) {
               

                if ($page->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq 'Account Numbers
+') { 
                $header_account = $col;
             }
             
            if ($page->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq 'Account Names') { 
                $header_name = $col;
             }
           

        }
    }


    if ((defined $page->{MinRow}) && (defined $page->{MaxRow})) {
           
        foreach my $row ($page->{MinRow}+1 .. $page->{MaxRow}) {
           
            $got_number = $page->{Cells}[$row][$header_account]->{Val}
+;
           
        $got_name = $page->{Cells}[$row][$header_name]->{Val};

     }
    
    }

}
# here I will insert the values from the xls file into the database if
+ they are true.
print "got_number=$got_number\n"; 

print "got_name=$got_name\n";

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