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#

# A simple program to write some data to an Excel file using the XlsxWriter

# Python module.

#

# This program is shown, with explanations, in Tutorial 1 of the XlsxWriter

# documentation.

#

# Copyright 2013, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org

#

from xlsxwriter.workbook import Workbook

# Create a workbook and add a worksheet.

workbook = Workbook('Expenses01.xlsx')

worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

# Some data we want to write to the worksheet.

expenses = (

['Rent', 1000],

['Gas', 100],

['Food', 300],

['Gym', 50],

)

# Start from the first cell. Rows and columns are zero indexed.

row = 0

col = 0

# Iterate over the data and write it out row by row.

for item, cost in (expenses):

worksheet.write(row, col, item)

worksheet.write(row, col + 1, cost)

row += 1

# Write a total using a formula.

worksheet.write(row, 0, 'Total')

worksheet.write(row, 1, '=SUM(B1:B4)')

workbook.close()