I am new Perl and programming in general, I'm trying to use Perl to automate some Excel task. I have read through most of the Ole questions and answer on here and it just confuses me. Here's what I am trying to do, I found an example that will work for what I am trying to do but I dont know what all the brackets [] does to the scalar variable $mydata. Because I am reading in data and storing it into an array, how would I need to change the code in order for it to work with an array? Or how would I need to read in the file in order to store it in the same way this scalar variable is written? Thanks in advance for any help. I am trying to learn but there is just soo much to learn, I feel overwhelmed. 
# This is the code that works
$mydata = [["Item",     "Category", "Price"], 
           ["Nails",    "Hardware",  "5.25"],
           ["Shirt",    "Clothing", "23.00"]];

# Write all the data at once...
$rng = $xlBook->ActiveSheet->Range("A1:C7");
$rng->{Value} = $mydata;

# This is my code that doesn't work because I changed it to an array.
@mydata = ("Item",     "Category", "Price", 
           "Nails",    "Hardware",  "5.25",
           "Shirt",    "Clothing", "23.00");

# Write all the data at once...
$rng = $xlBook->ActiveSheet->Range("A1:C7");
$rng->{Value} = @mydata;

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Here is the full working code if you want to see it: 
use Win32::OLE;

# Start Excel and make it visible
$xlApp = Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application');
$xlApp->{Visible} = 1;

# Create a new workbook
$xlBook = $xlApp->Workbooks->Add;

# Our data that we will add to the workbook...
$mydata = [["Item",     "Category", "Price"], 
           ["Nails",    "Hardware",  "5.25"],
           ["Shirt",    "Clothing", "23.00"],
           ["Hammer",   "Hardware", "16.25"],
           ["Sandwich", "Food",      "5.00"],
           ["Pants",    "Clothing", "31.00"],
           ["Drinks",   "Food",      "2.25"]];
             
# Write all the data at once...
$rng = $xlBook->ActiveSheet->Range("A1:C7");
$rng->{Value} = $mydata;

print "All done.";

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Thanks, Paul

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