This program is an example of how to hide a worksheet using the hide() method.
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# Example of how to hide a worksheet with XlsxWriter.
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# Copyright 2013, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
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from xlsxwriter.workbook import Workbook
workbook = Workbook('hide_sheet.xlsx')
worksheet1 = workbook.add_worksheet()
worksheet2 = workbook.add_worksheet()
worksheet3 = workbook.add_worksheet()
worksheet1.set_column('A:A', 30)
worksheet2.set_column('A:A', 30)
worksheet3.set_column('A:A', 30)
# Hide Sheet2. It won't be visible until it is unhidden in Excel.
worksheet2.hide()
worksheet1.write('A1', 'Sheet2 is hidden')
worksheet2.write('A1', "Now it's my turn to find you!")
worksheet3.write('A1', 'Sheet2 is hidden')
workbook.close()