One of the columns in my database contains an id which is 8 digits long
It can take the form 
99000123
98001234
00000050
01000123
02003445

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What I want is for the leading zeros to be maintained. So I created a format
using the set_num_format method and passing '@' as a parameter. The code is as follows 
my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new($file);
    my $wb = $workbook->addworksheet('Current Students');
    my $format = $workbook->addformat();
    $format->set_num_format('@');
    my $i = 0;
    while (my @row = $sth->fetchrow_array())
    {
        my $j = 0;
        foreach my $item (@row)
        {
            if ($j == 0)            {
                $wb->write($i, $j, $item, $format);
            }
            else
            {
                $item = lc($item);
                $wb->write($i, $j, &capitalize($item));
            }
            $j++;
        }
        $i++;
    }

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When I look at the spreadsheet in M$ Excel the column contains the following 
99000123
98001234
50
1000123
2003445

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All the leading zeros have gone. Please can someone tell me what I am missing.
I been right through the documentation, that's where I found the '@' parameter.

Thanks

In reply to Writing a number to a cell using Spreadsheet::WriteExcel by ColtsFoot

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