NAME

Parser::FreeXL::Native - wrapper for freexl parsing .xls files

SYNOPSIS

use Parser::FreeXL::Native;

my Parser::FreeXL::Native $parser .= new;
$parser.open('file.xls');

my $sheet_count = $parser.sheet_count;

$parser.select_sheet(1);
$parser.select_sheet('sheet_1');

my @sheet_names = $parser.sheet_names;

my ($max_row, $max_col) = $parser.sheet_dimensions;

for ^$max_row -> $row {
    for ^$max_col -> $col {
        my $cell = $parser.get_cell($row, $col);
        # types: <int double text date datetime time>, Nil
        my $type  = $cell.type;
        my $value = $cell.value;

        # do something with type and value
    }
}

DESCRIPTION

Parser::FreeXL::Native is a parser for xls using the freexl c library

Windows support is planned. Currently the dll is missing.

INSTALL

The libfreexl library needs to be installed separarely, and previously. Use for instance

sudo apt install libfreexl-dev

in Ubuntu.

AUTHOR

spebern bernhard@specht.net

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2016 spebern

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.