1#!/usr/bin/perl -w 2 3############################################################################### 4# 5# Example of how to add a user defined data handler to the Spreadsheet:: 6# WriteExcelXML write() method. 7# 8# The following example shows how to add a handler for a 7 digit ID number. 9# 10# 11# reverse('�'), September 2004, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org 12# 13 14use strict; 15use Spreadsheet::WriteExcelXML; 16 17 18my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcelXML->new("write_handler1.xls"); 19my $worksheet = $workbook->add_worksheet(); 20 21 22############################################################################### 23# 24# Add a handler for 7 digit id numbers. This is useful when you want a string 25# such as 0000001 written as a string instead of a number and thus preserve 26# the leading zeroes. 27# 28# Note: you can get the same effect using the keep_leading_zeros() method but 29# this serves as a simple example. 30# 31$worksheet->add_write_handler(qr[^\d{7}$], \&write_my_id); 32 33 34############################################################################### 35# 36# The following function processes the data when a match is found. 37# 38sub write_my_id { 39 40 my $worksheet = shift; 41 42 return $worksheet->write_string(@_); 43} 44 45 46# This format maintains the cell as text even if it is edited. 47my $id_format = $workbook->add_format(num_format => '@'); 48 49 50# Write some numbers in the user defined format 51$worksheet->write('A1', '0000000', $id_format); 52$worksheet->write('A2', '0000001', $id_format); 53$worksheet->write('A3', '0004000', $id_format); 54$worksheet->write('A4', '1234567', $id_format); 55 56# Write some numbers that don't match the defined format 57$worksheet->write('A6', '000000', $id_format); 58$worksheet->write('A7', '000001', $id_format); 59$worksheet->write('A8', '004000', $id_format); 60$worksheet->write('A9', '123456', $id_format); 61 62 63__END__ 64 65