If you want to write to a scalar instead of a file I
can send you a patch (it will be in the next version) that will let you do this:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use IO::Scalar;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;
my $xls_str;
tie *XLS, 'IO::Scalar', \$xls_str;
my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new(\*XLS);
my $worksheet = $workbook->addworksheet();
$worksheet->write(0, 0, "Hi Excel!");
$workbook->close();
# The Excel file is now in $xls_str.
or to some other filehandle like this:
my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new(\*STDOUT);
John.
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And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first time using Perl, you will have to write code.