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in reply to Re^2: comparing two excel files
in thread comparing two excel files

Below is the code I am using
for my $row ( $row_min .. $row_max ) { for my $col ( $col_min .. $col_max ) { my $cell = $sheettwo->get_cell( $row, $col ); my $cell1 = $sheetone->get_cell( $row, $col ); next unless $cell and $cell1; my $data = $cell->value(); my $search = $cell1->value(); if ( $data !~ m/$search/ ) { print FILE "Row, Col = ($row, $col)\n";
I get few results and then script fails with error as below Unmatched ( in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/TECHNOLOGY Team ( <-- HERE SPORTS Team/ at excelcomp.pl Also, if I use if ( $data !~ m/\Q$search\E/ ) I dont get any error but I dont get any result too. Please help.