/wrap_excel

WrapExcel is a wrapper library that specializes in the operation of Excel win32ole.

Primary LanguageRubyMIT LicenseMIT

WrapExcel

Description

WrapExcel is a to wrap the win32ole, and easy to use Excel operations with ruby.

Requirements

  • ruby 1.9.2 or higher (platform is windows)

Install

gem install wrap_excel

Usage

access book

Read with block.

WrapExcel::Book.open('./sample.xls') do |book|
  # do something
end

Read without block.

book = WrapExcel::Book.open('./sample.xls')
book.close

Options are the following.

read_only

boolean(default true)

displayalerts

boolean(default false)

visible

boolean(default false)

access sheet

Sheet object can access with Book#[] method.

sheet = book[0]

Access with sheet name.

book['Sheet1']

access row or column

Sheet object is included enumerable. Use Sheet#each_column or Sheet#each_row or Sheet#each method.

sheet.each do |cell|
  # do something with cell
  # read every row every column
end

sheet.each_row do |row|
  # do something with row_range
end

sheet.each_column do |column_range|
  # do something with column_range
end

access cell

Read from sheet object.

sheet[0, 0]  => first cell.

Read from range object

row_range[0]  => first cell in row_range
column_range[1] => second cell in column_range

write excel

Can save an existing file.

WrapExcel::Book.open('./sample.xls', :read_only => false) do |book|
  # do something
  book.save
end

or

book = WrapExcel::Book.open('./sample.xls', :read_only => false)
book.save
book.close

Can save an another file name.

WrapExcel::Book.open('./sample.xls', :read_only => false) do |book|
  # do something
  book.save './another_file.xls'
end

Save to another_file.xls

Can not save new file.

Want to do more things

All WrapExcel object include win32ole instance. If you want to do something that not provide a function, you can use win32ole methods.

Support

Report issues and feature requests to github Issues. github.com/tomiacannondale/wrap_excel/issues

Collaborate

Please pull request on github.

Author

tomi tomiacannondale@gmail.com

License

MIT License. For more imformation, please see LICENSE.