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• Welcome, eyidearie! (Score:1)

  by davebaker (4482)

  The "use Perl;" site isn't the best place to get this kind of question answered; the journal system is used more for blog-type posts by individual users.

  The FAQ for this site sorta tells you that but doesn't have a link to places where you can get answers to your kind of question.

  What's this site for?

  Thanks for asking. This site is intended (for now) to be a site where the Perl user community can get information about and discuss the latest news and issues related to Perl. This site is not (for now :)
• Welcome Aboard The Crazy Train (Score:1)

  by Limbic Region (3985)

  First, let me recommend you direct Perl related questions to PerlMonks http://perlmonks.org/ [perlmonks.org] as that is the primary focus of that community
  
  To give some pointers to the actual question at hand, a little more information is needed. Are you reading actual Excel files or do you have the option of reading a "save as" CSV?
  
  If the former - consider Win32::OLE or Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
  
  If the latter - consider Text::xSV (several more options are available, just search for CSV)
  
  Next question - what do you mean by
  • Re:Welcome Aboard The Crazy Train (Score:1)

    by eyidearie (6032)

    Hi L~R, I'm checking out PerlMonks.org.. About d Excel, It's the former so I downloaded the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel module n I'll see how that works By 'close match" I meant, for example, if it compares Ann Palemoon and Anne Palemoon, it should return a match. I'll check the modules you mention out. Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it. Eyi.
    • Re:Welcome Aboard The Crazy Train (Score:1)

      by runrig (3385)

      Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple [cpan.org] might be easier to work with.
• Books (Score:1)

  by cog (4665)

  Hello, newcomer :-)
  
  I've been doing Perl for some years now and I do own a bunch of Perl books...
  
  That one you mention there... never heard of it :-\
  
  If I had to recommend you just one book to start with, it would definitely be, without hesitation, "Learning Perl", by Randal Schwartz [amazon.com]. [1]
  
  Now *that* is a book.
  
  Plus, everybody knows Randal. Those *three* authors of that book you mention? Never heard of them. I couldn't even find any of them on the CPAN or other Perl related sites, so...
  
  But wait, there's mor
  • Re:Books (Score:1)

    by cog (4665)

    and tell us how it did

    I really mean that :-) Looking forward to the results :-)
  • Re:Books (Score:1)

    by eyidearie (6032)

    Wow... that's some research you did right there! Thanks a lot, it's certainly helpful :-)