Parse and write directly to an excel spreadsheet, without importing.
Using parallel arrays like that is a bad idea. In fact, whenever you find yourself using names such as @array1, @array2 etc, recognize that it is bad idea. And, no, naming the arrays @NM, @XM etc would not have made it better.
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