03-13-2017
Hi,
I'm going to be the Devil's Advocate here and suggest something entirely different. If this is a one-time-only conversion you have to do, or if it's something you won't have to do on a regular basis, I'd honestly import the XML into a spreadsheet like MS Excel or OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc, and then look at tidying it up and exporting it out as a CSV from there.
Of course if this is going to be an ongoing thing you anticipate needing to do many times per day forever then some kind of script would be desirable, but if it's not going to be something you have to spend lots of time doing then you may actually save more time using a spreadsheet than trying to write a script for this.
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spreadsheet::parseexcel::simple
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple(3pm)
NAME
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple - A simple interface to Excel data
SYNOPSIS
my $xls = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple->read('spreadsheet.xls');
foreach my $sheet ($xls->sheets) {
while ($sheet->has_data) {
my @data = $sheet->next_row;
}
}
DESCRIPTION
This provides an abstraction to the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel module for simple reading of values.
You simply loop over the sheets, and fetch rows to arrays.
For anything more complex, you probably want to use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel directly.
BOOK METHODS
read
my $xls = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple->read('spreadsheet.xls');
This opens the spreadsheet specified for you. Returns undef if we cannot read the book.
sheets
@sheets = $xls->sheets;
Each spreadsheet can contain one or more worksheets. This fetches them all back. You can then iterate over them, or jump straight to the
one you wish to play with.
book
my $book = $xls->book;
The Spreadsheet::ParseExcel object we are working with. You can use this if you need to manipulate it in ways that this interface doesn't
allow.
SHEET METHODS
These methods can be called on each sheet returned from $xls->sheets:
has_data
if ($sheet->has_data) { ... }
This lets us know if there are more rows in this sheet that we haven't read yet. This allows us to differentiate between an empty row, and
the end of the sheet.
next_row
my @data = $sheet->next_row;
Fetch the next row of data back.
sheet
my $obj = $sheet->sheet;
The underlying Spreadsheet::ParseExcel object for the worksheet. You can use this if you need to manipulate it in ways that this interface
doesn't allow (e.g. asking it for the sheet's name).
AUTHOR
Tony Bowden
BUGS and QUERIES
Please direct all correspondence regarding this module to:
bug-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-Simple@rt.cpan.org
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Tony Bowden.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License; either version 2 of the License,
or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel.
perl v5.8.8 2008-03-12 Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple(3pm)