Hy Perlmonks,

as usual I've got a little problem with Spreadsheet::WriteExcel ;-) More specific with data_validation.

I have three columns with data_validation fields, like this one: 

        #column: rating 
            $worksheet[$counterWorkSheet]->data_validation('F'.$counte
+rRow,
            {
                validate => 'list',
                value    => ['good', 'sufficient', 'unsatisfied', 'cri
+tical'],
            });

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On creation time of the xls the perl-script is parsing also an xml-file that specifies some formatting (like color, font and so on). So that a user hasn't to look up in the code if he want's to change such peanuts. But I want also to specify in this xml-file the values of a data_validation field.

My problem is now, that if I create a variable with the content that belongs to the data_validation field and put it as argument in value, it will appear as one value. It doesn't recognise the quotes (') I'm inserting in the $columnEvidence. 
        my $columnEvidence;

        foreach my $e (@{$xmlData->{columnEvidence}})
        {
            $columnEvidence += "'$e',";         
        }

        #column: evidence    
    $worksheet[$counterWorkSheet]->data_validation('E'.$counterRow,
            {
                validate => 'list',
                value    => [ $columnEvidence ]
            });

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Has someone an idea how I can fill the data_validation field dynamically with content from an array?

In reply to Data_validation in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel by sushi2k

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