This program is an example of merging cells in a worksheet. See the
merge_range()
method for more details.
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# A simple example of merging cells with the XlsxWriter Python module.
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
# Copyright 2013-2023, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
#
import xlsxwriter
# Create an new Excel file and add a worksheet.
workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook("merge1.xlsx")
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()
# Increase the cell size of the merged cells to highlight the formatting.
worksheet.set_column("B:D", 12)
worksheet.set_row(3, 30)
worksheet.set_row(6, 30)
worksheet.set_row(7, 30)
# Create a format to use in the merged range.
merge_format = workbook.add_format(
{
"bold": 1,
"border": 1,
"align": "center",
"valign": "vcenter",
"fg_color": "yellow",
}
)
# Merge 3 cells.
worksheet.merge_range("B4:D4", "Merged Range", merge_format)
# Merge 3 cells over two rows.
worksheet.merge_range("B7:D8", "Merged Range", merge_format)
workbook.close()