NAME
Test::Excel - Interface to test and compare Excel files.
VERSION
Version 1.27
DESCRIPTION
This module is meant to be used for testing custom generated Excel files, it provides two functions at the moment, which is cmp_excel and compare_excel. These can be used to compare_excel 2 Excel files to see if they are visually similar. The function cmp_excel is for testing purpose where function compare_excel can be used as standalone.
RULE
The new paramter has been added to both method cmp_excel() & method compare_excel() called RULE. This is optional,however,this would allow to apply your own rule for comparison. This should be passed in as reference to a HASH with the keys sheet, tolerance, sheet_tolerance and optionally swap_check, error_limit and message (only relevant to method cmp_excel()).
+-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Key | Description |
+-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| sheet | "|" seperated sheet names. |
| tolerance | Number. Apply to all NUMBERS except on 'sheet'/'spec'. e.g. 10**-12 |
| sheet_tolerance | Number. Apply to sheets/ranges in the spec. e.g. 0.20 |
| spec | Path to the specification file. |
| swap_check | Number (optional) (1 or 0). Row swapping check. Default is 0. |
| error_limit | Number (optional). Limit error per sheet. Default is 0. |
| message | String (optional). Only required when calling method cmp_excel(). |
+-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+SPECIFICATION FILE
Spec file containing rules used should be in the format mentioned below. Key and values are space seperated.
sheet Sheet1
range A3:B14
range B5:C5
sheet Sheet2
range A1:B2
ignorerange B3:B8What is "Visually" Similar?
This module uses the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel module to parse Excel files, then compares the parsed data structure for differences. We ignore cetain components of the Excel file, such as embedded fonts, images, forms and annotations, and focus entirely on the layout of each Excel page instead. Future versions will likely support font and image comparisons, but not in this initial release.
METHODS
cmp_excel($got, $exp, { ...rule... })
This function will tell you whether the two Excel files are "visually" different, ignoring differences in embedded fonts/images and metadata. Both $got and $exp can be either instances of Spreadsheet::ParseExcel / file path (which is in turn passed to the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel constructor). This one is for use in TEST MODE.
use strict; use warnings;
use Test::More no_plan => 1;
use Test::Excel;
cmp_excel('foo.xls', 'bar.xls', { message => 'EXCELSs are identical.' });
# or
my $foo = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook->Parse('foo.xls');
my $bar = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook->Parse('bar.xls');
cmp_excel($foo, $bar, { message => 'EXCELs are identical.' });compare_excel($got, $exp, { ...rule... })
This function will tell you whether the two Excel files are "visually" different, ignoring differences in embedded fonts/images and metadata. Both $got and $exp can be either instances of Spreadsheet::ParseExcel / file path (which is in turn passed to the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel constructor). This one is for use in STANDALONE MODE.
use strict; use warnings;
use Test::Excel;
print "EXCELs are identical.\n"
if compare_excel("foo.xls", "bar.xls");NOTES
It should be clearly noted that this module does not claim to provide fool-proof comparison of generated Excels. In fact there are still a number of ways in which I want to expand the existing comparison functionality.This module is actively being developed for a number of projects I am currently working on, so expect many changes to happen. If you have any suggestions/comments/questions please feel free to contact me.
CAVEATS
Testing of large Excels can take a long time, this is because, well, we are doing a lot of computation. In fact, this module test suite includes tests against several large Excels, however I am not including those in this distibution for obvious reasons.
BUGS
None that I am aware of. Of course, if you find a bug, let me know, and I will be sure to fix it. This is still a very early version, so it is always possible that I have just "gotten it wrong" in some places.
SEE ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AUTHOR
Mohammad S Anwar, <mohammad.anwar at yahoo.com>
REPOSITORY
https://github.com/Manwar/Test-Excel
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-test-excel at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test-Excel. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Test::ExcelYou can also look for information at:
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Copyright (C) 2010 - 2014 Mohammad S Anwar.
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