Re: SpreadSheet::ParseExcel Failure to Match Question

Could it be that $sheet->{Cells}[$row][3]->{Val} contains "non-printable" characters that prevent an exact match?

You could check this by inserting a print statement, or simply use =~ instead of eq, eg.

if ($sheet->{Cells}[$row][3]->{Val} =~ m/UPGRADE SOLUTION/) {$upgrade=
+1} else {$upgrade=0};
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Hope this helps,
Darren :)

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Re^2: SpreadSheet::ParseExcel Failure to Match Question by finhagen (Sexton) on May 04, 2009 at 01:09 UTC
Thanks for the advice. I liked your matching idea - which I thought was promising but unfortunately it didn't seem to work any better than the eq. I have a print out of the variables I use for validation and it shows me that my match isn't working: `DE: 1002179816 DEDATE: 2009-5-4 OP# 996115 SO# 63170867 0 LINE# 1 1 QTY: 2 2 MODEL: CX-4PDAE-FD 3 DESC: 4G DAE FIELD INSTALL 4 UNIT: EA 5 LIST PRICE: 11800 6 DISCOUNT: 0.000 7 SELL PRICE: 0000 8 REP FLOOR: 0000 9 DM FLOOR: 0000 10 COST: 0000 11 MARGIN: 0.0000 12 MAINTENANCE: 0000 13 COMMENT: Seattle CX3-20 Expansion (30x300 15K) 14 SERIAL# 0 15 BU: IT 16 UPGRADE? 0 17 DEAL# 0` [download] #14 should be a serial number such as APM1233432445. #16 should be a 1. Looks like there is something a little more complicated a foot. Thanks! Hagen	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: SpreadSheet::ParseExcel Failure to Match Question by McDarren (Abbot) on May 04, 2009 at 01:36 UTC
In that case, I would insert: `print "==$sheet->{Cells}[$row][3]->{Val}==\n";` [download] in the appropriate place, so that you can see what the contents of that cell actually are. Cheers, Darren :)	[reply] [d/l]


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