txt2xls

[Michele Simionato]

In would like to convert very simple text files into .xls
files and I need some help.

Here is the format of a typical file:

# begin table.txt

This should go in the first row,
first column.

This should go in the first row,
second column.

====

This should go in the second row,
first column.

This should go in the second row,
second column.

====

This should go in the third row,
first column.

This should go in the third row,
second column.

# end table.txt

"====" separates different rows, whereas different colums are separated
by an empty line. table.txt should be converted into a table.xls
file containing a 3x2 table like this:

================================ ================================
This should go in the first row, This should go in the first row,
first column. second column.
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
This should go in the second row, This should go in the second row,
first column. second column.
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
This should go in the third row, This should go in the third row,
first column. second column.
================================ ================================

I use OpenOffice on Linux, but I have no experience at all about the .xls
format, so I would welcome help/pointers and especially snippets of code ;)
TIA,

Michele Simionato

[Benjamin Niemann]

Perhaps this could help you:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyxlwriter/

Michele Simionato wrote:

In would like to convert very simple text files into .xls
files and I need some help.

Here is the format of a typical file:

# begin table.txt

This should go in the first row,
first column.

This should go in the first row,
second column.

====

This should go in the second row,
first column.

This should go in the second row,
second column.

====

This should go in the third row,
first column.

This should go in the third row,
second column.

# end table.txt

"====" separates different rows, whereas different colums are separated
by an empty line. table.txt should be converted into a table.xls
file containing a 3x2 table like this:

================================ ================================
This should go in the first row, This should go in the first row,
first column. second column.
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
This should go in the second row, This should go in the second row,
first column. second column.
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
This should go in the third row, This should go in the third row,
first column. second column.
================================ ================================

I use OpenOffice on Linux, but I have no experience at all about the .xls
format, so I would welcome help/pointers and especially snippets of code ;)
TIA,

Michele Simionato

[Michele Simionato]

Benjamin Niemann <b.*******@betternet.de> wrote in message news:<ch**********@online.de>...

Perhaps this could help you:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyxlwriter/

Thank you! The distribution contains an example that does exactly what I
want (with minor changes). I report here a snippet just for future
reference:

import pyXLWriter as xl

workbook = xl.Writer(xlsfilename)
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()
nrow = 0
for chunk in file(textfile).read().split("\n====\n"):
row = chunk.split('\n\n') # Split on empty line
for ncol, cell in enumerate(row):
worksheet.write([nrow, ncol], cell.strip())
nrow += 1

workbook.close() # needed