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NAME
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Stream - Simple interface to Excel data with no memory overhead
SYNOPSIS
my $xls = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Stream->new($xls_file);
while ( my $sheet = $xls->sheet() ) {
while ( my $row = $sheet->row ) {
my @data = @$row;
}
}DESCRIPTION
A simple iterative interface to Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, similar to Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple, but does not parse the entire document to memory. Uses the hints provided in the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel docs to reduce memory usage, and returns the data row by row and sheet by sheet.
METHODS
new
my $xls = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Stream->new($xls_file);Opens the spreadsheet and returns an object to iterate through the data.
sheet
Returns the sheet of the next cell of the spreadsheet.
row
Returns the next row of data from the current spreadsheet. The data is the formatted contents of each cell as returned by the $cell->value() method of Spreadsheet::ParseExcel.
If a true argument is passed in, returns the current row of data without advancing to the next row.
unformatted
Returns the next row of data from the current spreadsheet as returned by the $cell->unformatted() method of Spreadsheet::ParseExcel.
If a true argument is passed in, returns the current row of data without advancing to the next row.
next_row
Returns the next row of cells from the current spreadsheet as Spreadsheet::ParseExcel cell objects.
If a true argument is passed in, returns the current row without advancing to the next row.
name
Returns the name of the next cell of the spreadsheet.
worksheet
Returns the worksheet containing the next cell of data as a Spreadsheet::ParseExcel object.
AUTHOR
Douglas Wilson, <dougw@cpan.org<gt>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.