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Ruby lib for reading/writing/modifying .xlsx and .xlsm files
https://github.com/weshatheleopard/rubyXL

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Ruby lib for reading/writing/modifying .xlsx and .xlsm files

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= rubyXL

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This gem supports operating on +xlsx+ files (Open XML format). While it is capable

of properly parsing the entire OOXML structure, its current main emphasis is on

reading files produced by MS Excel, making minor modifications to them and saving

them to be opened again, while preserving as much of the structure as possible.



Please note that proprietary binary +xls+ format is *not* supported by this gem. If you need to parse those files, try {spreadsheet}[https://github.com/zdavatz/spreadsheet] gem.



== To Install:

  gem install rubyXL



== To Use:

  require 'rubyXL' # Assuming rubygems is already required



=== Convenience methods



Starting with version 3.4.0, the main data structure has been separated from the convenience methods that provide access to individual features of the +xlsx+ format, in order to decrease the memory footprint. If you intend to use these features, you will need to additionally include the respective files:

  require 'rubyXL/convenience_methods/cell'

  require 'rubyXL/convenience_methods/color'

  require 'rubyXL/convenience_methods/font'

  require 'rubyXL/convenience_methods/workbook'

  require 'rubyXL/convenience_methods/worksheet'



If you do not care about your RAM usage, just include them all at once by adding the following line to your code so it can continue operating just as before:

  require 'rubyXL/convenience_methods'



=== Parsing an existing workbook

  workbook = RubyXL::Parser.parse("path/to/Excel/file.xlsx")



=== Creating a new Workbook

  workbook = RubyXL::Workbook.new



=== Accessing



==== Accessing a Worksheet

  workbook.worksheets[0] # Returns first worksheet

  workbook[0]            # Returns first worksheet

  workbook['Sheet1']     # Finds and returns worksheet titled "Sheet1". Note that sheet names in Excel are limited to 31 character.



==== Accessing a Row (Array of Cells)

Please note that worksheet is a _sparse_ array of rows. Your code *must* expect that any row it plucks from the array may be nil.



  worksheet = workbook[0]

  worksheet.sheet_data[0] # Returns first row of the worksheet

  worksheet[0]            # Returns first row of the worksheet



==== Accessing a Cell object

Please note that row is a _sparse_ array of cells. Your code *must* expect that any cell it plucks from the array may be nil.



  worksheet = workbook[0]

  worksheet.sheet_data[0][0] # Returns cell A1 in the worksheet

  worksheet[0][0]            # Returns cell A1 in the worksheet



  cell = worksheet[0][0]

  cell.value                 # Returns a properly converted value in the cell (if the file claims that the cell

                             # is holding a number, returns a respective Integer or Float, and so on).



Or, if you prefer Excel-style references (single-cell only!)



  cell = worksheet.cell_at('B11')



==== Wrappers for accessing Cell properties

  cell = workbook[0][0][0]

  cell.is_struckthrough  # Returns +true+ if the cell is struckthrough, other boolean properties have same syntax

  cell.font_name

  cell.font_size

  cell.font_color

  cell.fill_color

  cell.horizontal_alignment

  cell.vertical_alignment

  cell.get_border(:top)

  cell.get_border_color(:top)

  cell.text_rotation



==== Wrappers for accessing Row properties 

Please note: these methods are being phased out in favor of the OOXML object model.

  worksheet = workbook[0]

  worksheet.get_row_fill(0)

  worksheet.get_row_font_name(0)

  worksheet.get_row_font_size(0)

  worksheet.get_row_font_color(0)

  worksheet.is_row_underlined(0)

  worksheet.get_row_height(0)

  worksheet.get_row_alignment(0, true)

  worksheet.get_row_alignment(0, false)

  worksheet.get_row_border(0, :right)

  worksheet.get_row_border_color(0, :right)



==== Accessing column properties

Please note: these methods are being phased out in favor of the OOXML object model.

  worksheet = workbook[0]

  worksheet.get_column_fill(0)

  worksheet.get_column_font_name(0)

  worksheet.get_column_font_size(0)

  worksheet.get_column_font_color(0)

  worksheet.is_column_underlined(0)

  worksheet.get_column_width(0)

  worksheet.get_column_alignment(0, :horizontal)

  worksheet.get_column_alignment(0, :vertical)

  worksheet.get_column_border(0, :right)

  worksheet.get_column_border_color(0, :right)



=== Modifying



==== Adding Worksheets

  worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet('Sheet2')



==== Renaming Worksheets

  worksheet.sheet_name = 'Cool New Name' # Note that sheet name is limited to 31 characters by Excel.



==== Adding Cells

  worksheet.add_cell(0, 0, 'A1')      # Sets cell A1 to string "A1"

  worksheet.add_cell(0, 1, '', 'A1')  # Sets formula in the cell B1 to '=A1'

 

==== Changing Cells

  worksheet[0][0].change_contents("", worksheet[0][0].formula) # Sets value of cell A1 to empty string, preserves formula



==== Changing Fonts

  worksheet.sheet_data[0][0].change_font_bold(true) # Makes A1 bold

  worksheet.change_row_italics(0,true)              # Makes first row italicized

  worksheet.change_column_font_name(0, 'Courier')   # Makes first column have font Courier



==== Changing Fills	

  worksheet.sheet_data[0][0].change_fill('0ba53d')  # Sets A1 to have fill #0ba53d

  worksheet.change_row_fill(0, '0ba53d')            # Sets first row to have fill #0ba53d

  worksheet.change_column_fill(0, '0ba53d')         # Sets first column to have fill #0ba53d



==== Changing Borders

  # Possible weights: hairline, thin, medium, thick

  # Possible "directions": top, bottom, left, right, diagonal

  worksheet.sheet_data[0][0].change_border(:top, 'thin')  # Sets A1 to have a top, thin border

  worksheet.change_row_border(0, :left, 'hairline')       # Sets first row to have a left, hairline border

  worksheet.change_column_border(0, :diagonal, 'medium')  # Sets first column to have diagonal, medium border



  # Set the border style first so there's something to color.

  worksheet.change_row_border_color(0, :top, '0ba53d')    # Sets first row to have a green top border

  worksheet.change_column_border_color(0, :top, '0ba53d') # Sets first column to have a green top border



==== Changing Alignment

===== Horizontal

  # Possible alignments: center, distributed, justify, left, right

  worksheet.sheet_data[0][0].change_horizontal_alignment('center') # Sets A1 to be centered

  worksheet.change_row_horizontal_alignment(0, 'justify')          # Sets first row to be justified

  worksheet.change_column_horizontal_alignment(0, 'right')         # Sets first column to be right-aligned



===== Vertical

  # Possible alignments: bottom, center, distributed, top

  worksheet.sheet_data[0][0].change_vertical_alignment('bottom')  # Sets A1 to be bottom aligned

  worksheet.change_row_vertical_alignment(0, 'distributed')       # Sets first row to be distributed vertically

  worksheet.change_column_vertical_alignment(0, 'top')            # Sets first column to be top aligned

  

===== Rotation

  # Possible values:

  # * 0-90 - degrees counterclockwise, around the bottom LEFT corner of the cell;

  # * 91-179 - degrees clockwise, around the bottom RIGHT corner of the cell;

  # * 180-254 - degrees clockwise, around the bottom LEFT corner of the cell, text becomes progressively invisible

  # * 255 - text is in normal rotation but displayed vertically (one letter under another), line feed starts new line to the right of the previous.

  worksheet.sheet_data[0][0].change_text_rotation(90)  # Sets A1 to be rotated by 90 degrees



==== Changing Row Height

  worksheet.change_row_height(0, 30)  # Sets first row height to 30



==== Changing Column Width

  worksheet.change_column_width(0, 30)  # Sets first column width to 30



==== Merging Cells

  worksheet.merge_cells(0, 0, 1, 1)  # Merges A1:B2



==== Insert Row

This method will insert a row at specified index, pushing all rows below it down. It also copies styles from row above.



WARNING: Use of this method WILL break formulas referencing cells which have been moved, as the formulas do not adapt to the shifted rows

  worksheet.insert_row(1)



==== Insert Column

This method will insert a column at specified index, pushing all columns to the right of it one to the right. It also copies styles from column to the left



WARNING: Use of this method WILL break formulas referencing cells which have been moved, as the formulas do not adapt to the shifted columns

  worksheet.insert_column(1)



==== Delete Row

This method will delete a row at specified index, pushing all rows below it up.



WARNING: Use of this method WILL break formulas referencing cells which have been moved, as the formulas do not adapt to the shifted rows

  worksheet.delete_row(1)



==== Delete Column

This method will delete a column at specified index, pushing all columns to the right of it left.



WARNING: Use of this method WILL break formulas referencing cells which have been moved, as the formulas do not adapt to the shifted columns

  worksheet.delete_column(1)



==== Insert Cell

This method will insert a cell at specified position. It takes a :right or :down option, to shift cells either left or down upon inserting (nil means replacing the cell)



WARNING: Use of this method WILL break formulas referencing cells which have been moved, as the formulas do not adapt to the shifted cells

  worksheet.insert_cell(0, 0, "blah", formula = nil, :right)  # Inserts cell at A1, shifts cells in first row right

  worksheet.insert_cell(0, 0, "blah", formula = nil, :down)   # Inserts cell at A1, shifts cells in first column down

  worksheet.insert_cell(0, 0, "blah")                         # Inserts cell at A1, shifts nothing



==== Delete Cell

This method will delete a cell at specified position. It takes a :left or :up option, to shift cells either up or left upon deletion (nil means simply deleting the cell contents)



WARNING: Use of this method WILL break formulas referencing cells which have been moved, as the formulas do not adapt to the shifted cells

  worksheet.delete_cell(0, 0, :left)  # Deletes A1, shifts contents of first row left

  worksheet.delete_cell(0, 0, :up)    # Deletes A1, shifts contents of first column up

  worksheet.delete_cell(0, 0)         # Deletes A1, does not shift cells



==== Modifying Cell Format

  cell = worksheet[0][0]

  cell.set_number_format '0.0000%'    # For formats, see https://support.office.com/en-us/article/5026bbd6-04bc-48cd-bf33-80f18b4eae68

  cell.change_text_wrap(true)         # Makes the text in the cell to wrap.

  cell.change_shrink_to_fit(true)     # Makes the text in the cell to shrink to fit.

  cell.change_text_indent(1)          # Indents the text in the cell by 1 level



==== Add hyperlink to a Cell

  cell.add_hyperlink('http://example.com')

  cell.add_hyperlink('http://example.com', 'Some tooltip text')



== I/O



By default, the gem operates with files on the local filesystem:



  workbook = RubyXL::Parser.parse("path/to/Excel/file.xlsx")

  workbook.write("path/to/desired/Excel/file.xlsx")



It can also operate on +StringIO+ objects, thus eliminating the need to save the +xlsx+ file to disk. This capability comes in handy for web servers.



  workbook = RubyXL::Parser.parse_buffer(buffer)

  workbook.stream



== Miscellaneous

  RubyXL::Reference.ind2ref(0,0) == 'A1'    # Converts row and column index to Excel-style cell reference

  RubyXL::Reference.ref2ind('A1') == [0, 0] # Converts Excel-style cell reference to row and column index



=== Suppress warnings about malformed input files



  RubyXL.class_variable_set(:@@suppress_warnings, true)



== Data validation (colloquially referred to as "dropdown list")



  worksheet.add_validation_list("A1", [ "value1", "value2" ])



== For more information

Take a look at the files in spec/lib/ for rspecs on most methods



== Contributing to rubyXL

 

* Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn't been implemented or the bug hasn't been fixed yet

* Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn't requested it and/or contributed it

* Fork the project

* Start a feature/bugfix branch

* Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution

* Make sure to add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.

* Please try not to mess with the Rakefile, version, or history. If you want to have your own version, or is otherwise necessary, that is fine, but please isolate to its own commit so I can cherry-pick around it.



== Copyright



Copyright (c) 2011 Vivek Bhagwat, 2013-2022 Wesha.

See LICENSE.txt for further details.