I want to iterate through each worksheet that I have created in a workbook with add_worksheet function. I want to do this with all the available sheets in the workbook and write ‘Hello’ in cell ‘A1’ of each sheet. Here is the code I am trying: I was expecting it to write ‘Hello&#…
Tag: xlsxwriter
Set_column breaks on date formats in xlsxwriter for python
I am a new python user and I am trying to understand why set_column and conditional_format work differently when I feel they should work the same. Here is an example of my code for set column. What I am doing here is trying to apply a date color for col6 and col 7 ‘startDate’ and ‘endDate…
How to output durations in HHHH:MM format with xlsxwriter in Python
I am trying to output durations to an Excel spreadsheet from Python with xslxwriter. I have the following code: The spreadsheet that is output contains in its single cell 0:01, i.e. zero hours and one minute. I am trying to get to get it to say 24:01. I cannot find a way to do this with xslswriter, though the…
Assigning an Excel Chart Object Name with XlsxWriter
Is it possible to assign an Excel Chart Object name to a chart I am creating with XlsxWriter? Thanks Answer It is (unintentionally) undocumented but you can set the object name for a chart when you create it. Like this: Output: Update: It is documented now.
How to automatically display a specific range of columns on a spreadsheet created with xlsxwriter?
I would like to automatically display a specific range of columns when opening an excel spreadsheet created with xlsxwriter. This is illustrated in the example below where the first row and column are frozen while the range of columns being displayed start at E and not at B (but note that I don’t want B…
Posting an excel workbook modified through openpyxl using request
I have an excel sheet that I wrote on memory and that I want to modify using openpyxl. Due to several circumstances I cannot use temporary files or anything of the sort. I am also writing the original sheet not using openpyxl, but xlsxwriter, for reasons that I do not wish to elaborate upon. The original shee…
How to generate multiple file paths and save them into a excel with python
I want to generate hundreds of file paths in python and save them into an excel file. Each path should save in a separate row and paths vary just by one value. I am not sure how to iterate it through a for loop. Here is my try: Output is excel file should be like below: Answer There are a
Fill Excel cells with random numbers
I have a question about how to fill some cells in Excels with random values? For example, I have a part of the code with: Which gave me the error of: TypeError: Unsupported type <class ‘generator’> in write() How to fix it? Answer To write multiple cells, use write_row() or write_column() as…
How to set non-adjacent cell range for XlsxWriter Data Validation
I am using the Python XlsxWriter module to add a drop down list using the method data_validation currently I have the set up so I drop duplicates on a Pandas Series and convert that into a list and set the values for the drop down list like so: This works fine however if the list exceeds 255 characters as acc…
How can i get a dataframe to overwrite an existing excel in a specific cell using python pandas?
I have written the below which doesnt seem to be working. I am defining dataframe as d3, to be a columnn with 20 rows with the comment “my comment”. I am then trying to add that into an existing saved down excel doc in cell L2. The dataframe is printing and looks right in the IDE, but just doesnt …