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Re: Excel column 256 limit

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Date Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:44:12 -0500
From Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
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On 2013-03-19 14:07, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> On 2013-03-18, Ana Dion?sio <anadionisio257@gmail.com> wrote:
> > But I still get the error and I use Excel 2010.
> >
> > I'm trying to export data in a list to Excel
> 
> xlrd: Library for developers to extract data from Microsoft Excel
> (tm).
> 
> It is for *reading* Excel files, not writing them.

There's xlrd[1] for reading and xlwt[2] for writing native XLS files.
If the OP needs greater control over things like formatting and
formula-cells, I'd suggest xlwt, as CSV restricts you to shoveling
around the data, not its formatting.

-tkc


[1]
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd

[2]
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlwt

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Excel column 256 limit Ana Dionísio <anadionisio257@gmail.com> - 2013-03-18 08:28 -0700
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  Re: Excel column 256 limit Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-18 15:50 +0000
    Re: Excel column 256 limit "Michael Ross" <gmx@ross.cx> - 2013-03-18 18:38 +0100
      Re: Excel column 256 limit Ana Dionísio <anadionisio257@gmail.com> - 2013-03-18 12:00 -0700
        Re: Excel column 256 limit Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2013-03-18 20:04 +0100
        Re: Excel column 256 limit Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-03-19 14:07 +0000
          Re: Excel column 256 limit "Michael Ross" <gmx@ross.cx> - 2013-03-19 15:22 +0100
          Re: Excel column 256 limit Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-03-19 09:44 -0500
          Re: Excel column 256 limit Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-03-19 16:09 -0600
            Re: Excel column 256 limit Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-03-20 14:17 +0000
      Re: Excel column 256 limit Ana Dionísio <anadionisio257@gmail.com> - 2013-03-18 12:00 -0700
    Re: Excel column 256 limit Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2013-03-19 15:25 +0000
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