Create a table from a spreadsheet

Hi All,
I know you can load data to a table from a spreadsheet using sqlldr, sql developer, toad, etc.. My only knowledge is loading a table from the spreadsheet, but first the table must exist.
Is there any utility that enable you to create and loada table from a spreadsheet? i.e. without having to create the empty table first.
Regards,
kp

I found my script. This should work on a csv format file from 1-15 columns. It creates an external table called csv data. You can then query against it and run reports or load into other tables.
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY &1 as '<directory_path>';
grant read on directory &1 to public;
alter session set current_schema=&1;
--drop table csv_data;
CREATE TABLE csv_data
col1 VARCHAR2(250),
col2 VARCHAR2(250),
col3 VARCHAR2(250),
col4 VARCHAR2(250),
col5 VARCHAR2(250),
col6 VARCHAR2(250),
col7 VARCHAR2(250),
col8 VARCHAR2(250),
col9 VARCHAR2(250),
col10 VARCHAR2(250),
col11 VARCHAR2(250),
col12 VARCHAR2(250),
col13 VARCHAR2(250),
col14 VARCHAR2(250),
col15 VARCHAR2(250)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY &1
ACCESS PARAMETERS
(RECORDS DELIMITED BY newline
NOBADFILE
NODISCARDFILE
NOLOGFILE
SKIP 0
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ","
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
RTRIM
MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
REJECT ROWS WITH ALL NULL FIELDS
col1 CHAR, col2 char,col3 char,col4 char,col5 char,col6 char,col7 char,col8 char,col9 char,
col10 char,col11 char,col12 char,col13 char,col14 char,col15 char
LOCATION (&1:'csv_data')
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