#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
use Data::Dumper;
my %records;
my $filename = 'dialler.xls';
my $excel = new Spreadsheet::ParseExcel(CellHandler => \&_excel_handler, NotSetCell => 1) or die $@;
$excel->Parse("$filename") or die $@;
print Dumper(\%records);
sub _excel_handler {
my (undef,undef, $row, $col, $cell)= @_;
$row = sprintf("%05s", $row); # Zero Pad the Row Number
$col = sprintf("%05s", $col); # Zero Pad the Column Number
$records{$row}{$col} = $cell->{_Value};
}