Excelwriter Python

Excel is an indispensable tool in the business world. Excelwriter Python is a Python module that allows programming in Python to create and modify Excel files (*.xlsx).

Installation

The easiest way to install is using pip:

pip install xlsxwriter

Basic Usage

import xlsxwriter

workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook('example.xlsx')
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

worksheet.write('A1', 'Hello')
worksheet.write('B1', 'World')

workbook.close()

In the above example, we created a new Excel file named "example.xlsx" and added a new worksheet to it. We wrote "Hello" to cell A1 and "World" to cell B1.

More Features

With Excelwriter Python, you can also:

• Set cell formats, such as font size, font color, background color, number formats, and more.
• Insert charts, images, and hyperlinks.
• Create tables and conditional formatting rules.

Here's an example of formatting cells:

import xlsxwriter

workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook('example.xlsx')
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

bold = workbook.add_format({'bold': True})
money = workbook.add_format({'num_format': '$#,##0'})

worksheet.write('A1', 'Hello', bold)
worksheet.write('B1', 'World', bold)
worksheet.write('C1', 1234.56, money)
worksheet.write('D1', '=SUM(C1:C10)')

workbook.close()

This time, we made "Hello" and "World" bold and formatted the value 1234.56 as a currency with the $#,##0 format. We also calculated the sum of the first ten values in column C using a formula.

Conclusion

Excelwriter Python is a powerful tool for generating and modifying Excel files in Python. It provides a high degree of flexibility and control over the formatting and content of Excel files. With the ability to automate tedious Excel tasks, Excelwriter Python can save a lot of time and effort for Python developers.