im learning, so I ask questions and if the answers worked, then I wouldnt be asking anymore. Why dont you have a beginners section or somewhere where people who are learning can ask stupid questions and not be called an idiot for it.

First, I would suggest ignoring the idiot who called you an idiot. I personally tend to ignore derogatory or personal attack type posts from "Anonymous Monk".

Secondly, as some of us have pointed out, it seems like you're asking the same question over and over again while ignoring the answers that folks are providing. Flip the situation around. If I asked you "what's 2 plus 2" about 20 times, at what point would you lose your patience with me asking the same question over and over again while ignoring your answers?

I've taken the time to try to go look at all of your posts to try to get an understanding of where you're coming from. I'm not trying to be mean in any way with what I'm about to say, but I'm getting the impression from your posts that you are seriously struggling to understand the basics (accessing elements of hashes/arrays, reading module documentation, etc.). If that's true, then I can clearly see how a lot of the answers folks have offered would make as much sense as gibberish and why you're struggling so much with this Excel spreadsheet stuff.

Here's my suggestion. Take a step back to take the time to go back and learn/relearn the basics to build up your skills and knowledge to the point where you're able to tackle this spreadsheet stuff. In your very first post, you started off by saying that you're "an old perl user" that has "been out of the loop for ten years or so". Ok, so it looks like you built up some rust from not using your Perl knowledge and skills for a while. But shaking of that rust usually takes much less time and effort than trying to learn things the first time around.

Again, I'm not trying to be mean. I'm genuinely trying to understand where you're at and genuinely trying to offer you the assistance that you need and that will give you the most benefit.