Hello respected monks, I would like to delete a set of excel worksheets. My code is this 

use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel; 
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel';

my $xl         = Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application');

$ex_cop ="C:\\Perl\\Copy of path1.xls";

##Here i read the excel file
my $Books     = $xl->Workbooks->Open($ex_cop);

##Here i read the same excel file in order to take the total number of
+ worksheets count
my $oBook = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook->Parse($ex_cop);

my $worksheet_count=$oBook->{SheetCount};

##This array has excel sheet names which has to be deleted
my @excel_del_pages=("del","Sheet1","Sheet2","Sheet3");

foreach $ex_del(@excel_del_pages)
{
for($i=1;$i<=$worksheet_count;$i++)
{
$sheetname2= $Books->Worksheets($i)->{name};
if($sheetname2->{name} eq $ex_del)
{
$Books->Worksheets($i)->Delete();
}
}
}

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error in cmd prompt is Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at please_delete.pl line 27. i.e here $sheetname2= $Books->Worksheets($i)->{name};

Need Help

I get names of excel sheets if i print them using code

foreach $ex_del(@excel_del_pages)
{
for($i=1;$i<=$worksheet_count;$i++)
{
$sheetname2= $Books->Worksheets($i)->{name};
print $sheetname2;
if($sheetname2->{name} eq $ex_del)
{
$Books->Worksheets($i)->Delete();
}
}
}

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I get del as output which is the first sheet name for print statement

In reply to Excel worksheet delete by sharief

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