diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/String.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/String.php
index 90e1dd27..784c313e 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/String.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/String.php
@@ -533,18 +533,15 @@ class PHPExcel_Shared_String
 	public static function CountCharacters($value, $enc = 'UTF-8')
 	{
 		if (self::getIsIconvEnabled()) {
-			$count = iconv_strlen($value, $enc);
-			return $count;
+			return iconv_strlen($value, $enc);
 		}
 
 		if (self::getIsMbstringEnabled()) {
-			$count = mb_strlen($value, $enc);
-			return $count;
+			return mb_strlen($value, $enc);
 		}
 
 		// else strlen
-		$count = strlen($value);
-		return $count;
+		return strlen($value);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -558,18 +555,15 @@ class PHPExcel_Shared_String
 	public static function Substring($pValue = '', $pStart = 0, $pLength = 0)
 	{
 		if (self::getIsIconvEnabled()) {
-			$string = iconv_substr($pValue, $pStart, $pLength, 'UTF-8');
-			return $string;
+			return iconv_substr($pValue, $pStart, $pLength, 'UTF-8');
 		}
 
 		if (self::getIsMbstringEnabled()) {
-			$string = mb_substr($pValue, $pStart, $pLength, 'UTF-8');
-			return $string;
+			return mb_substr($pValue, $pStart, $pLength, 'UTF-8');
 		}
 
 		// else substr
-		$string = substr($pValue, $pStart, $pLength);
-		return $string;
+		return substr($pValue, $pStart, $pLength);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Worksheet.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Worksheet.php
index 5f551620..44a95774 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Worksheet.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Worksheet.php
@@ -2089,22 +2089,18 @@ class PHPExcel_Worksheet implements PHPExcel_IComparable
 		if (is_array($source)) {
 			// start coordinate
 			list ($startColumn, $startRow) = PHPExcel_Cell::coordinateFromString($pCell);
-			$startColumn = PHPExcel_Cell::columnIndexFromString($startColumn) - 1;
 
 			// Loop through $source
-			$currentRow = $startRow - 1;
-			$rowData = null;
 			foreach ($source as $rowData) {
-				++$currentRow;
-
-				$rowCount = count($rowData);
-				for ($i = 0; $i < $rowCount; ++$i) {
-					if ($rowData[$i] != $nullValue) {
+				$currentColumn = $startColumn;
+				foreach($rowData as $cellValue) {
+					if ($cellValue != $nullValue) {
 						// Set cell value
-						$this->getCell(PHPExcel_Cell::stringFromColumnIndex($i + $startColumn) . $currentRow)
-							->setValue($rowData[$i]);
+						$this->getCell($currentColumn . $startRow)->setValue($cellValue);
 					}
+					++$currentColumn;
 				}
+				++$startRow;
 			}
 		} else {
 			throw new Exception("Parameter \$source should be an array.");