Thanks. I will try this out.

And here is some simple code I have so far. It just loops through the column and collects characteristics of the column into attributes that might be useful. For example, one thing it does is determine if the row is sorted. If it is, and the header is not in the proper sort order, it sets a "has_sort_mismatch" flag. One thing the code accounts for is that the header might be multiple rows anywhere in the first 5 rows of the spreadsheet. That makes things slightly trickier.

package Data::Column ;

use Moose;
use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);
use Log::Log4perl::Shortcuts qw (:all);
use namespace::autoclean;

has 'first_cell'            => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Defined', lazy => 
+1, default => 0, writer => '_set_first_cell' );
has 'blank_count'           => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_blank_count' );
has 'mixed_case_count'           => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy =>
+ 1, default => 0, writer => '_set_mixed_case_count' );
has 'upper_case_count'           => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy =>
+ 1, default => 0, writer => '_set_upper_case_count' );
has 'lower_case_count'           => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy =>
+ 1, default => 0, writer => '_set_lower_case_count' );
has 'preceding_blank_count' => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_preceding_blank_count' );
has 'following_blank_count' => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_following_blank_count' );
has 'unique_count'          => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_unique_count' );
has 'strings_count'         => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_strings_count' );
has 'min_length'            => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_min_length' );
has 'max_length'            => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_max_length' );
has 'numbers_count'         => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_numbers_count' );
has 'percent_blank'         => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Num', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_percent_blank' );
has 'percent_strings'       => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Num', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_percent_strings' );
has 'percent_numbers'       => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Num', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_percent_numbers' );
has 'non_blank_count'       => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_non_blank_count' );
has 'spaces_count'          => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, d
+efault => 0, writer => '_set_spaces_count' );
has 'is_all_strings'        => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Bool', lazy => 1, 
+default => 0, writer => '_set_is_all_strings' );
has 'has_sort_mismatch'     => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Bool', lazy => 1, 
+default => 0, writer => '_set_has_sort_mismatch' );
has 'is_all_numbers'        => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Bool', lazy => 1, 
+default => 0, writer => '_set_is_all_numbers' );
has 'is_pure'               => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Bool', lazy => 1, 
+default => 0, writer => '_set_is_pure' );
has 'is_sorted'             => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Bool', lazy => 1, 
+default => 0, writer => '_set_is_sorted' );
has 'is_mixed'              => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Bool', lazy => 1, 
+default => 0, writer => '_set_is_mixed' );
has 'first_five_rows'       => (is => 'ro', isa => 'ArrayRef[Int]', la
+zy => 1, default => 0, writer => '_set_first_five_rows' );
has 'data'                  => (traits => ['Array'], is => 'ro', requi
+red => 1,
                                isa => 'ArrayRef', default => sub { []
+ },
                                handles => { count => 'count', is_empt
+y => 'is_empty', elements => 'elements', get_data => 'get' },
                              );

sub BUILD {
  my $s = shift;

  my ($blank_count, $string_count, $number_count, $strings_with_spaces
+) = (0) x 4;
  my $last_cell;
  my $count = 0;
  my %uniques = ();
  my $sort_order = '';
  my $current_sort_order;
  my $is_sorted = 1;
  my $min_length = 0;
  my $max_length = 0;
  my $first_non_blank_data_cell = 0;
  my @first_five_rows = ();
  my $preceding_blank_row_count = 0;
  my $following_blank_row_count = 0;
  my $lower_case_count = 0;
  my $upper_case_count = 0;
  my $mixed_case_count = 0;

  foreach my $cell ( $s->elements ) {
    $count++;
    my $is_string = 0;
    if (!$cell) {
      $blank_count++;
      push (@first_five_rows, 0) if $count < 6;
      next;
    }

    if (!$first_non_blank_data_cell && $count > 5) {
      $first_non_blank_data_cell = $count;
    }

    push (@first_five_rows, 1) if $count < 6;

    if (length $cell < $min_length || !$min_length) {
      $min_length = length $cell;
    }

    if (length $cell > $max_length || !$max_length) {
      $max_length = length $cell;
    }

    $uniques{$cell} = 1;

    if ( !looks_like_number($cell) ) {
      $string_count++;
      $is_string = 1;
      my $has_lower = $cell =~ /[a-z]/;
      my $has_upper = $cell =~ /[A-Z]/;
      $mixed_case_count++ if ($has_lower && $has_upper);
      $lower_case_count++ if $has_lower && !$has_upper;
      $upper_case_count++ if $has_upper && !$has_lower;
    } elsif ($cell) {
      $number_count++;
    }
    if ($cell =~ / /) {
      $strings_with_spaces++;
    }

    if ($is_sorted && $count > 4 && $last_cell && ( $cell ne $last_cel
+l ) ) {
      if ($is_string) {
        if ($cell gt $last_cell) {
          $current_sort_order = 'asc';
        } else {
          $current_sort_order = 'desc';
        }
      } else {
        if ($cell > $last_cell) {
          $current_sort_order = 'asc';
        } else {
          $current_sort_order = 'desc';
        }
      }

      $sort_order = $current_sort_order if !$sort_order;

      if ( $sort_order && $sort_order ne $current_sort_order) {
        $is_sorted = 0;
      }
    } elsif ($count > 4) {
      $last_cell = $cell;
    }
  }

  my $non_blank_count = $s->count - $blank_count;

  if ($non_blank_count == $string_count && $string_count) {
    $s->_set_is_all_strings(1);
    $s->_set_is_pure(1);
  } elsif ($non_blank_count == $number_count && $number_count) {
    $s->_set_is_all_numbers(1);
    $s->_set_is_pure(1);
  } else {
    $s->_set_is_mixed(1);
  }

  my $first_non_blank_row = 0;
  my $row_count = 0;
  foreach my $row (@first_five_rows) {
    if ($row) {
      $first_non_blank_row = $row_count;
      last;
    }
    $row_count++;
  }
  foreach my $row (@first_five_rows[$row_count + 1, 4]) {
    if ($row && $following_blank_row_count) {
      last;
    }
    if (!$row) {
      $following_blank_row_count++;
    }
  }

  my $sort_mismatch = 0;
  my $first_cell = $s->get_data($first_non_blank_row);
  my $first_cell_is_all_upper = 0;
  my $first_cell_is_all_lower = 0;
  my $first_cell_is_mixed = 0;
  if (!looks_like_number($first_cell)) {
    my $first_cell_has_lower = $first_cell =~ /[a-z]/;
    my $first_cell_has_upper = $first_cell =~ /[A-Z]/;
    my $first_cell_is_mixed if ($first_cell_has_lower && $first_cell_h
+as_upper);
    if (!$first_cell_is_mixed) {
      if ($first_cell =~ /[a-z]/) {
        $first_cell_is_all_lower = 1;
      } elsif ($first_cell =~ /[A-Z]/) {
        $first_cell_is_all_upper = 1;
      } else {
        $first_cell_is_mixed = 1;
      }
    }
  }

  if ($is_sorted) {
    my $first_cell_is_greater;
    if (looks_like_number $first_cell) {
      $first_cell_is_greater = $first_cell > $first_non_blank_data_cel
+l;
    } else {
      $first_cell_is_greater = $first_cell gt $first_non_blank_data_ce
+ll;
    }
    logd($first_cell_is_greater);
    if ($first_cell_is_greater && $sort_order eq 'asc') {
      logd('hi');
      $sort_mismatch = 1;
    }
    if (!$first_cell_is_greater && $sort_order eq 'desc') {
      $sort_mismatch = 1;
    }
  }

  my $non_blank = $s->count - $blank_count;
  $s->_set_non_blank_count($non_blank);
  $s->_set_has_sort_mismatch($sort_mismatch);
  $s->_set_mixed_case_count($mixed_case_count);
  $s->_set_upper_case_count($upper_case_count);
  $s->_set_lower_case_count($lower_case_count);
  $s->_set_percent_blank($blank_count / $s->count * 100);
  $s->_set_percent_strings($string_count / $non_blank * 100);
  $s->_set_percent_numbers($number_count / $non_blank * 100);
  $s->_set_spaces_count($strings_with_spaces);
  $s->_set_blank_count($blank_count);
  $s->_set_max_length($max_length);
  $s->_set_min_length($min_length);
  $s->_set_strings_count($string_count);
  $s->_set_numbers_count($number_count);
  $s->_set_unique_count(scalar keys %uniques);
  $s->_set_preceding_blank_count($first_non_blank_row);
  $s->_set_following_blank_count($following_blank_row_count);
  $s->_set_is_sorted($is_sorted) if $s->count > 6;
  $s->_set_first_five_rows(\@first_five_rows);
  $s->_set_first_cell($first_cell);
}

sub has_blanks {
  my $s = shift;

  return $s->blank_count > 0;
}
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