I want to:
a. create a new Excel spreadsheet
b. add more than one table
c. give a name to each table
d. add data to each table
e. save the spreadsheet with all the data intact.

The Perl below is my attempt to do this. It asks you for the number of sheets.
For 1 all is ok and the spreadsheet is saved.
For 2, two tables, a spreadsheet is saved but there is only data in the 2nd table and only the second table has been renamed (I am reasonably sure data has been written
to the first table because with a ‘larger’ case I can see it being written).
For 3, it fails to add the third table
Can a wiser Monk explain how to cure these problems? 
use strict ;
use OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const "Microsoft Excel";
my ($excel, $workbook, $sheet, $j, $row, $range, $cell_str, $content, 
+$contentb, , $contentc, $width_found, $id, $test_cell_idg );
my ($worktable_name, $jwk, $jr, $sheets_total, $new_wk); 
# request the number of worktables
print "Enter the number of worktables ";
$sheets_total = <STDIN>;
#___ DEFINE EXCEL
$excel = CreateObject OLE "Excel.Application";
#___ MAKE EXCEL VISIBLE
$excel -> {Visible} = 1;
for($jwk = 1; $jwk <= $sheets_total; $jwk ++) {
#___ ADD NEW WORKBOOK
    $workbook = $excel    -> Workbooks -> Add;
#    $sheet    = $workbook -> Worksheets("Sheet 1");
    if($jwk == 1) {
        $sheet    = $workbook -> Worksheets("Sheet1");
        $sheet                -> Activate;
#___ ADD NEW WORKSHEET

    } else {
        $workbook -> Worksheets -> Add({After => $workbook -> Workshee
+ts($workbook -> Worksheets -> {Count})});
        $new_wk = "Sheet" . $jwk;
        print($new_wk);
        $sheet    = $workbook -> Worksheets($new_wk);
        $sheet                -> Activate;
#___ CHANGE WORKSHEET NAME
    }
    $worktable_name = "worktable_name-" . $jwk;
    print "\njwk <$jwk> sheet name <$worktable_name> workbook <$workbo
+ok> sheet <$sheet>\n";
    $sheet -> {Name} = $worktable_name;
    for ($jr = 1; $jr <= 10; $jr++) {
        $range = 'A' . $jr;
        $sheet -> Range($range) -> {Value} = $jr . '-' . $jwk;
    }
}
$excel -> {DisplayAlerts} = 0; # This turns off the "This file already
+ exists" message.
$workbook -> SaveAs ("c:\\n-sheets-test");
$excel    -> Quit;

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In reply to Excel - adding & writing to multiple worksheets query by merrymonk

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