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Subject: Re: write data in Excel using python
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Michiel Overtoom <motoom@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> On 16 Nov 2015, at 18:14, syedmwaliullah@gmail.com wrote:
>> For some reason it doesn't save the file.
>
> Did you get an error message?
>
>> excel.activeWorkbook.SaveAs ("c:\TurnData.xlsx")
>
> When you use backslashes in strings, don't forget to escape them:
>
>> excel.activeWorkbook.SaveAs("c:\\TurnData.xlsx")
>
> or use raw strings:
>
>> excel.activeWorkbook.SaveAs(r"c:\TurnData.xlsx")

You can also just use a forward slash:

excel.activeWorkbook.SaveAs("c:/TurnData.xlsx")

Windows happily accepts this.