The simplest possible spreadsheet. This is a good place to start to see if the XlsxWriter module is installed correctly.
Code:
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# A hello world spreadsheet using the XlsxWriter Python module.
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# Copyright 2013, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
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from xlsxwriter.workbook import Workbook
workbook = Workbook('hello_world.xlsx')
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()
worksheet.write('A1', 'Hello world')
workbook.close()