+my %date_format;
+xl_parse_date_init();
+
+my %bold_format;
+
+my $writer = sub {
+ # Wrapper for $worksheet->write.
+ # Do any massaging of the value/format here.
+ my ($r, $c, $value, $format) = @_;
+ #warn "writer called with format $format\n";
+
+ if ( $style->[$c] eq 'b' or $value =~ /<b>/i ) { # the only one in common use
+ $value =~ s[</?b>][]ig;
+ if ( !exists($bold_format{$format}) ) {
+ $bold_format{$format} = $workbook->add_format();
+ $bold_format{$format}->copy($format);
+ $bold_format{$format}->set_bold();
+ }
+ $format = $bold_format{$format};
+ }
+
+ # convert HTML entities
+ # both Spreadsheet::WriteExcel and Excel::Writer::XLSX accept UTF-8 strings
+ $value = decode_entities($value);
+
+ if ( $value =~ /^\Q$money_char\E(-?\d+\.?\d*)$/ ) {
+ # Currency: strip the symbol, clone the requested format,
+ # and format it for currency
+ $value = $1;
+# warn "formatting $value as money\n";
+ if ( !exists($money_format{$format}) ) {
+ $money_format{$format} = $workbook->add_format();
+ $money_format{$format}->copy($format);
+ $money_format{$format}->set_num_format($money_char.'#0.00#');
+ }
+ $format = $money_format{$format};
+ }
+ elsif ( $value =~ /^([A-Z][a-z]{2}) (\d{2}) (\d{4})$/ ) {
+ # Date: convert the value to an Excel date number and set
+ # the format
+ $value = xl_parse_date($value);
+# warn "formatting $value as date\n";
+ if ( !exists($date_format{$format}) ) {
+ $date_format{$format} = $workbook->add_format();
+ $date_format{$format}->copy($format);
+ $date_format{$format}->set_num_format('mmm dd yyyy');
+ }
+ $format = $date_format{$format};
+ }
+ else {
+ # String: replace line breaks with newlines
+ $value =~ s/<BR>/\n/gi;
+ }
+ #warn "writing with format $format\n";
+ $worksheet->write($r, $c, $value, $format);
+};
+
+$writer->( $r, $c++, $_, $header_format ) foreach @$header;