jmcnamara/xlsxwriter.lua

A lua module for creating Excel XLSX files.

Xlsxwriter for Lua

A Lua module for creating Excel XLSX files.

Note: this module is no longer maintained. It is functional and if it meets your requirements then please use it. However, no new features will be added.

The xlsxwriter module

Xlsxwriter is a Lua module that can be used to write text, numbers, formulas and hyperlinks to multiple worksheets in an Excel 2007+ XLSX file. It supports features such as:

• 100% compatible Excel XLSX files.
• Full formatting.
• Memory optimisation mode for writing large files.
• Merged cells.
• Worksheet setup methods.
• Defined names.
• Document properties.

It works with Lua 5.1 and Lua 5.2.

Here is an example:

--
-- A simple example of some of the features of the xlsxwriter module.
--

local Workbook = require "xlsxwriter.workbook"

local workbook  = Workbook:new("demo.xlsx")
local worksheet = workbook:add_worksheet()

-- Widen the first column to make the text clearer.
worksheet:set_column("A:A", 20)

-- Add a bold format to use to highlight cells.
local bold = workbook:add_format({bold = true})

-- Write some simple text.
worksheet:write("A1", "Hello")

-- Text with formatting.
worksheet:write("A2", "World", bold)

-- Write some numbers, with row/column notation.
worksheet:write(2, 0, 123)
worksheet:write(3, 0, 123.456)

workbook:close()

See the full documentation at: http://xlsxwriterlua.readthedocs.org

Release notes: http://xlsxwriterlua.readthedocs.org/changes.html