I'm far from sure what you want, but I'll try anyway. However, let me start by stating my assumptions.

  • "Sheet" means a sheet and not a workbook (file).
  • "if" indicates that you are interested only in a boolean. A single occurrence or a hundred makes no difference. Once the value has been found you are not interested in anything else.
  • "the same" refers to "value" and means that you are interested in the value returned and not in any formula that gives rise to it. You also want a precise match and do not have problems with the accuracy of internal storage of binary representations of numbers.
  • "another" means precisely one other sheet which is known to you in advance, rather than any other sheet.
  • Both sheets are in the same workbook.

    • The following code works for me. If you make the assignments in lines 11 and 13 the same, you will get "Found" printed.

    use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::OLE;

my $xl = Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application');
$xl->{SheetsInNewWorkbook} = 2;
$xl->{Visible} = 1;
my $wb = $xl->Workbooks->Add;

my $cellSource = $wb->Sheets(1)->Cells(1,1);
$cellSource->{Value} = 1;
my $cellTarget = $wb->Sheets(2)->Cells(2,2);
$cellTarget->{Value} = 2;

my $addFound = $wb->Sheets(2)->Cells->Find({
    What   => $cellSource->{Value},
    LookIn => -4163                            #xlValues
});
if ($addFound) {print "Found\n"} else {print "Not found\n"}

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    Regards,

    John Davies

    In reply to Re: Perl Excel Help by davies
    in thread Perl Excel Help by kishore.lakshman

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