Accelerated Excel XLSX writing library for Python
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- Authors: Kevin Wang and Kevin Zhang
- Copyright 2015 Kevin Wang, Kevin Zhang. Portions copyright Google, Inc.
- License: Simplified BSD License
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PyExcelerate is a Python for writing Excel-compatible XLSX spreadsheet files, with an emphasis on speed.
Benchmark code located in pyexcelerate/tests/benchmark.py
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Core i5-3450, 8GB DDR3, Python 2.7.3
TEST_NAME, NUM_ROWS, NUM_COLS, TIME_IN_SECONDS
pyexcelerate value fastest, 1000, 100, 0.47
pyexcelerate value faster, 1000, 100, 0.51
pyexcelerate value fast, 1000, 100, 1.53
xlsxwriter value, 1000, 100, 0.84
openpyxl, 1000, 100, 2.74
pyexcelerate style cheating, 1000, 100, 1.23
pyexcelerate style fastest, 1000, 100, 2.4
pyexcelerate style faster, 1000, 100, 2.75
pyexcelerate style fast, 1000, 100, 6.15
xlsxwriter style cheating, 1000, 100, 1.21
xlsxwriter style, 1000, 100, 4.85
openpyxl, 1000, 100, 6.32
* cheating refers to pregeneration of styles
PyExcelerate is supported on Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5.
pip install pyexcelerate
from pyexcelerate import Workbook
data = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]] # data is a 2D array
wb = Workbook()
wb.new_sheet("sheet name", data=data)
wb.save("output.xlsx")PyExcelerate also permits you to write data to ranges directly, which is faster than writing cell-by-cell.
from pyexcelerate import Workbook
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("test")
ws.range("B2", "C3").value = [[1, 2], [3, 4]]
wb.save("output.xlsx")from datetime import datetime
from pyexcelerate import Workbook
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws.set_cell_value(1, 1, 15) # a number
ws.set_cell_value(1, 2, 20)
ws.set_cell_value(1, 3, "=SUM(A1,B1)") # a formula
ws.set_cell_value(1, 4, datetime.now()) # a date
wb.save("output.xlsx")from datetime import datetime
from pyexcelerate import Workbook
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws[1][1].value = 15 # a number
ws[1][2].value = 20
ws[1][3].value = "=SUM(A1,B1)" # a formula
ws[1][4].value = datetime.now() # a date
wb.save("output.xlsx")from pyexcelerate import Workbook
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws.cell("A1").value = 12
wb.save("output.xlsx")from pyexcelerate import Workbook
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws[1][1].value = 15
ws.range("A1", "B1").merge()
wb.save("output.xlsx")Styling cells causes non-negligible overhead. It will increase your execution time (up to 10x longer if done improperly!). Only style cells if absolutely necessary.
from pyexcelerate import Workbook, Color, Style, Font, Fill
from datetime import datetime
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws.set_cell_value(1, 1, 1)
ws.set_cell_style(1, 1, Style(font=Font(bold=True)))
ws.set_cell_style(1, 1, Style(font=Font(italic=True)))
ws.set_cell_style(1, 1, Style(font=Font(underline=True)))
ws.set_cell_style(1, 1, Style(font=Font(strikethrough=True)))
ws.set_cell_style(1, 1, Style(fill=Fill(background=Color(255,0,0,0))))
ws.set_cell_value(1, 2, datetime.now())
ws.set_cell_style(1, 1, Style(format=Format('mm/dd/yy')))
wb.save("output.xlsx")from pyexcelerate import Workbook, Color
from datetime import datetime
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws.set_cell_value(1, 1, 1)
ws.get_cell_style(1, 1).font.bold = True
ws.get_cell_style(1, 1).font.italic = True
ws.get_cell_style(1, 1).font.underline = True
ws.get_cell_style(1, 1).font.strikethrough = True
ws.get_cell_style(1, 1).fill.background = Color(0, 255, 0, 0)
ws.set_cell_value(1, 2, datetime.now())
ws.get_cell_style(1, 1).format.format = 'mm/dd/yy'
wb.save("output.xlsx")from pyexcelerate import Workbook, Color
from datetime import datetime
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws[1][1].value = 1
ws[1][1].style.font.bold = True
ws[1][1].style.font.italic = True
ws[1][1].style.font.underline = True
ws[1][1].style.font.strikethrough = True
ws[1][1].style.fill.background = Color(0, 255, 0, 0)
ws[1][2].value = datetime.now()
ws[1][2].style.format.format = 'mm/dd/yy'
wb.save("output.xlsx")Note that .style.format.format's repetition is due to planned support for conditional formatting and other related features. The formatting syntax may be improved in the future.
from pyexcelerate import Workbook, Color
from datetime import datetime
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("test")
ws.range("A1","C3").value = 1
ws.range("A1","C1").style.font.bold = True
ws.range("A2","C3").style.font.italic = True
ws.range("A3","C3").style.fill.background = Color(255, 0, 0, 0)
ws.range("C1","C3").style.font.strikethrough = TrueA simpler (and faster) way to style an entire row.
from pyexcelerate import Workbook, Color, Style, Fill
from datetime import datetime
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws.set_row_style(1, Style(fill=Fill(background=Color(255,0,0,0))))
wb.save("output.xlsx")from pyexcelerate import Workbook, Color
from datetime import datetime
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws.get_row_style(1).fill.background = Color(255, 0, 0)
wb.save("output.xlsx")from pyexcelerate import Workbook, Color
from datetime import datetime
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws[1].style.fill.background = Color(255, 0, 0)
wb.save("output.xlsx")from pyexcelerate import Workbook, Color, Style, Fill
from datetime import datetime
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws.set_col_style(1, Style(fill=Fill(background=Color(255,0,0,0))))
wb.save("output.xlsx")Consistent with the implementation patterns above, the following style parameters are available:
ws[1][1].style.font.bold = True
ws[1][1].style.font.italic = True
ws[1][1].style.font.underline = True
ws[1][1].style.font.strikethrough = True
ws[1][1].style.font.color = Color(255, 0, 255)
ws[1][1].style.fill.background = Color(0, 255, 0)
ws[1][1].style.alignment.vertical = 'top'
ws[1][1].style.alignment.horizontal = 'right'
ws[1][1].style.alignment.rotation = 90
ws[1][1].style.alignment.wrap_text = True
ws[1][1].style.borders.top.color = Color(255, 0, 0)
ws[1][1].style.borders.right.style = '-.'Each attribute also has constructors for implementing via set_cell_style().
The following border styles are available: .-, ..-, --, .., =, ., medium -., medium -.., medium --, /-., _
Row heights and column widths are set using the size attribute in Style. Appropriate values are:
-1for auto-fit0for hidden- Any other value for the appropriate size.
For example, to hide column B:
from pyexcelerate import Workbook, Color, Style, Fill
from datetime import datetime
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws.set_col_style(2, Style(size=0)))
wb.save("output.xlsx")PyExcelerate supports using style objects instead manually setting each attribute as well. This permits you to modify the style at a later time.
from pyexcelerate import Workbook, Font
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.new_sheet("sheet name")
ws[1][1].value = 1
font = Font(bold=True, italic=True, underline=True, strikethrough=True)
ws[1][1].style.font = font
wb.save("output.xlsx")PyInstaller is the only packager officially supported by PyExcelerate. Copy hook-pyexcelerate.Writer.py to your PyInstaller hooks directory.
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