This program is an example of writing rich stings with multiple format to a cell in a worksheet. See the write_rich_string() method for more details.
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#
# An example of using Python and XlsxWriter to write some "rich strings",
# i.e., strings with multiple formats.
#
# Copyright 2013, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
#
from xlsxwriter.workbook import Workbook
workbook = Workbook('rich_strings.xlsx')
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()
worksheet.set_column('A:A', 30)
# Set up some formats to use.
bold = workbook.add_format({'bold': True})
italic = workbook.add_format({'italic': True})
red = workbook.add_format({'color': 'red'})
blue = workbook.add_format({'color': 'blue'})
center = workbook.add_format({'align': 'center'})
superscript = workbook.add_format({'font_script': 1})
# Write some strings with multiple formats.
worksheet.write_rich_string('A1',
'This is ',
bold, 'bold',
' and this is ',
italic, 'italic')
worksheet.write_rich_string('A3',
'This is ',
red, 'red',
' and this is ',
blue, 'blue')
worksheet.write_rich_string('A5',
'Some ',
bold, 'bold text',
' centered',
center)
worksheet.write_rich_string('A7',
italic,
'j = k',
superscript, '(n-1)',
center)
workbook.close()