Example: Catch exception on closing

A simple program demonstrating a check for exceptions when closing the file.

We try to close() the file in a loop so that if there is an exception, such as if the file is open or locked, we can ask the user to close the file, after which we can try again to overwrite it.

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# A simple program demonstrating a check for exceptions when closing the file.
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
# Copyright 2013-2024, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
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import xlsxwriter

workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook("check_close.xlsx")
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

worksheet.write("A1", "Hello world")

# Try to close() the file in a loop so that if there is an exception, such as
# if the file is open in Excel, we can ask the user to close the file, and
# try again to overwrite it.
while True:
    try:
        workbook.close()
    except xlsxwriter.exceptions.FileCreateError as e:
        decision = input(
            "Exception caught in workbook.close(): %s\n"
            "Please close the file if it is open in Excel.\n"
            "Try to write file again? [Y/n]: " % e
        )
        if decision != "n":
            continue

    break