use strict; use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel; my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new("demo.xls"); my %worksheets; my @PEOPLE = ("BOB" , "SUE", "JOHN" ); for my $p (@PEOPLE) { $worksheets{$p} = $workbook->add_worksheet($p); $worksheets{$p}->write('A2', ucfirst(lc($p)) . ' is here'); }