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https://github.com/python-excel/xlwt

Library to create spreadsheet files compatible with MS Excel 97/2000/XP/2003 XLS files, on any platform.
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Library to create spreadsheet files compatible with MS Excel 97/2000/XP/2003 XLS files, on any platform.

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xlwt

====



This is a library for developers to use to generate

spreadsheet files compatible with Microsoft Excel versions 95 to 2003.



The package itself is pure Python with no dependencies on modules or packages

outside the standard Python distribution.



Please read this before using this package:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/python-excel/P6TjJgFVjMI/g8d0eWxTBQAJ



Installation

============



Do the following in your virtualenv::



  pip install xlwt



Quick start

===========



.. code-block:: python



    import xlwt

    from datetime import datetime



    style0 = xlwt.easyxf('font: name Times New Roman, color-index red, bold on',

        num_format_str='#,##0.00')

    style1 = xlwt.easyxf(num_format_str='D-MMM-YY')



    wb = xlwt.Workbook()

    ws = wb.add_sheet('A Test Sheet')



    ws.write(0, 0, 1234.56, style0)

    ws.write(1, 0, datetime.now(), style1)

    ws.write(2, 0, 1)

    ws.write(2, 1, 1)

    ws.write(2, 2, xlwt.Formula("A3+B3"))



    wb.save('example.xls')



Documentation

=============



Documentation can be found in the ``docs`` directory of the xlwt package.

If these aren't sufficient, please consult the code in the

examples directory and the source code itself.



The latest documentation can also be found at:

https://xlwt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/



Problems?

=========

Try the following in this order:



- Read the source



- Ask a question on https://groups.google.com/group/python-excel/



Acknowledgements

================



xlwt is a fork of the pyExcelerator package, which was developed by

Roman V. Kiseliov. This product includes software developed by

Roman V. Kiseliov .



xlwt uses ANTLR v 2.7.7 to generate its formula compiler.