Getting total row count about excel-reader-xlsx HOT 2 OPEN

When will this module go into CPAN, is there any current plan for an initial official release?

This has become an FAQ so I updated the README a few months ago with this (apart from an unfortunate is/isn't typo that I have to fix):

Note:

This project is effectively abandoned. I don't have the required time or interest to finish it off or get it to CPAN quality.

It is functional and if it meets your requirements then please use it but it is unlikely that it will ever be extended.

Is there a recommended way to get a total count of rows in a worksheet other than actually iterating through the entire worksheet to count and then iterating again to start parsing values?

In the Excel XLSX worksheet sheetN.xml file there is a dimension element near the start of the file that looks like this:

 <dimension ref="A1:A5"/>

The plan was to add a reader for this so that there would be some indication of the potential range of rows.

If the XLSX file is produced by third party software it isn't guaranteed that dimension is present or accurate but for most cases it should be.

With a small bit of work you could probably add it.

from excel-reader-xlsx.

Ok, I see. What would you think would be the minimum requirements to get this up to minimum CPAN quality. If I'm going to start editing it to add features I don't see why I shouldn't look to take it up to the point where I can put it into CPAN? In regards to the possibly missing dimension element an error could be thrown if the dimension element doesn't exist and someone calls $worksheet->row_count();.

from excel-reader-xlsx.