On 28 Aug 2006 15:50:57 -0700, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jorge Vargas wrote: > > On 8/28/06, Johanna Pfalz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To be more specific, I'm interested in reading in certain rows and columns > > > from an excel spreadsheet directly without converting the information to a > > > text file. I'd also like to be able to write directly to an excel > > > spreadsheet from python. > > AFAIK there is no Python tool that will let you "write directly to" an > *existing* xls file -- apart of course from running Excel on Windows > via COM. > > The Pyexcelerator package creates xls files. > > > ohh I found a nice tool for that a while ago but I haven't been able to > > test it. > > Because ....? > nothing related to it, it's just that I haven't had the time to dive into it. > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/browse_thread/thread/5d0828d7762e3586 > > http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/xlrd > > http://www.lexicon.net/sjmachin/xlrd.htm > > The "rd" in "xlrd" is an abrv8n of "read" -- it doesn't write Excel > spreadsheets. > oh no wonder why with my quick look at the API I didn't saw any write methods :)
do you have any plans of implementing wirte or at least read/write of xls docs? > > > > I'll love to read some feedback from you on it :) > > Perhaps I should post some user feedback on the package's "website" ;-) > that will be nice. > Cheers, > John > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
