Ruby gem Roo Workbook Sheets Each Row

Question

As noted in other posts here, the roo gem has some convoluted documents, and I can't figure out how to iterate through a xlsx workbook 's sheets , then each sheet 's rows.

Roo gem

Iterating through each sheet only comes up with the sheet 's name, not a reference to the sheet itself. So I have to declare it. Still has no way of iterating through all rows .

s = '/Users/user3/Desktop/departments.xlsx'
a = Roo::Spreadsheet.open(s)
sheets = a.sheets.reverse

sheets.each_with_index do |index, i|
  sheet = a.sheet(index)
  sheet.each_row do|row|
    puts row
  end
end

Other examples on the roo documentation assume there is a default sheet , and a single sheet in a workbook file. Not my case, so it gets confusing quickly.

How can I iterate through every sheet, then ever row, for testing and inclusion into my analysis? The spreadsheet I'm working with has a blank column and many rows, and some artwork...typical office stuff. These people are not data people. Getting around their 'creativity' in spreadsheets is done by iteration and testing of every row, then stripping blank cells.

Anybody with some insight truly appreciated.

Answer 1

Solved : use the Creek gem . Kudos to @Rajagopalan for this.