Perl Requires Chilkat v11.3.0+

XLSX Convert Sheet to CSV

Open an Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx) and loads a sheet into a CSV object. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# .xlsx files are Zip archives
my $zip = Chilkat2::Zip->new;
my $success = $zip->OpenZip('qa_data/excel/fakeCompanies.xlsx');
if (!$success) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

my $csv = Chilkat2::Csv->new;
my $sheetNames = Chilkat2::StringTable->new;
$success = $csv->XlsxGetSheets($zip, $sheetNames);
if (!$success) {
    print $csv->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

if ($sheetNames->Count == 0) {
    print "There are no sheets in the .xlsx\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the name of the 1st sheet.
my $sheetName = $sheetNames->StringAt(0);

# Load the 1st sheet into the CSV.
# We could've also loaded the 1st sheet by passing an empty string for the sheet name.
$success = $csv->XlsxLoadSheet($zip, $sheetName);
if (!$success) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# The Chilkat CSV API can now be used to read, modify, or insert cells.
# ...
# ...

my $csvStr = $csv->SaveToString();
print $csvStr, "\n";

# Sample output:
# CompanyName,Address,City,State,Zip,Phone
# Acme Innovations LLC,7428 Westbrook Blvd,Oak Bend,IL,60514,630-555-2398
# BlueHorizon Data Systems,1850 Crestline Park Suite 210,Rivergate,CA,92814,714-555-8821
# Pinnacle Manufacturing Corp,3912 Industrial Loop,Maple Ridge,TX,77301,281-555-4477
# Evergreen Analytics Inc,1250 Highland Terrace,Stonefield,WA,98290,425-555-9914
# NovaTech Solutions Group,578 Marketview Drive,Clearwater,FL,33760,727-555-6032

# Save to a .csv file.
$success = $csv->SaveFile2('c:/temp/qa_output/fakeCompanies.csv', 'utf-8');
if (!$success) {
    print $csv->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}