Example: Example of subclassing the Workbook and Worksheet classes

Example of how to subclass the Workbook and Worksheet objects.

We also override the default worksheet.write() method to show how that is done.

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# Example of how to subclass the Workbook and Worksheet objects. We also
# override the default worksheet.write() method to show how that is done.
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
# Copyright 2013-2024, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
#
from xlsxwriter.workbook import Workbook
from xlsxwriter.worksheet import Worksheet
from xlsxwriter.worksheet import convert_cell_args


class MyWorksheet(Worksheet):
    """
    Subclass of the XlsxWriter Worksheet class to override the default
    write() method.

    """

    @convert_cell_args
    def write(self, row, col, *args):
        data = args[0]

        # Reverse strings to demonstrate the overridden method.
        if isinstance(data, str):
            data = data[::-1]
            return self.write_string(row, col, data)
        else:
            # Call the parent version of write() as usual for other data.
            return super(MyWorksheet, self).write(row, col, *args)


class MyWorkbook(Workbook):
    """
    Subclass of the XlsxWriter Workbook class to override the default
    Worksheet class with our custom class.

    """

    def add_worksheet(self, name=None):
        # Overwrite add_worksheet() to create a MyWorksheet object.
        worksheet = super(MyWorkbook, self).add_worksheet(name, MyWorksheet)

        return worksheet


# Create a new MyWorkbook object.
workbook = MyWorkbook("inheritance1.xlsx")

# The code from now on will be the same as a normal "Workbook" program.
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

# Write some data to test the subclassing.
worksheet.write("A1", "Hello")
worksheet.write("A2", "World")
worksheet.write("A3", 123)
worksheet.write("A4", 345)

workbook.close()