Panic Read xlsx file when shardStrings.xml has repeat strings. about xlsx

[tealeg]

Thanks bronze1man. I'll look into it ASAP.

[brentechols-wf]

Just some conjecture, but it may have to do with the handling of empty strings?

We just updated to the most recent version of master, and the cell count is lower than it was before in one of our test sheets. Additionally, some of our sheets now encounter this error as well. Hopefully this helps!

[KingJT]

Easy to reproduce (in windows and mac excel):

New Workbook, set A1 to the string abcdef and set A2 to the string abcdef. Then edit the cell A2, select the letters "def" and hit control-b to bold it.

Here is a sample:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<sst xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main" count="2" uniqueCount="2">
  <si>
    <t>abcdef</t>
  </si>
  <si>
    <r>
      <t>abc</t>
    </r>
    <r>
      <rPr>
        <b/>
        <sz val="12"/>
        <color theme="1"/>
        <rFont val="Calibri"/>
        <family val="2"/>
        <scheme val="minor"/>
      </rPr>
      <t>def</t>
    </r>
  </si>
</sst>

It must be thrown off by the fact that two strings have the same plaintext but different formatted text

[tealeg]

Thanks to both of you for you input. It's much appreciated and very helpful.

I'm aware of the round tripping issue - it's part of why I call the write functionality experimental ;-)