#!/usr/bin/ruby -w ######################################################################## # # Example of formatting using the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel module via # property hashes. # # Setting format properties via hashes of values is useful when you have # to deal with a large number of similar formats. Consider for example a # chess board pattern with black squares, white unformatted squares and # a border. # # This relatively simple example requires 14 separate Format # objects although there are only 5 different properties: black # background, top border, bottom border, left border and right border. # # Using property hashes it is possible to define these 5 sets of # properties and then add them together to create the 14 Format # configurations. # # reverse('©'), July 2001, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org # # original written in Perl by John McNamara # converted to Ruby by Hideo Nakamura, cxn03651@msj.biglobe.ne.jp # require 'writeexcel' workbook = WriteExcel.new("chess.xls") worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet() # Some row and column formatting worksheet.set_column('B:I', 10) (1..8).each { |i| worksheet.set_row(i, 50) } # Define the property hashes # black = { 'fg_color' => 'black', 'pattern' => 1, } top = { 'top' => 6 } bottom = { 'bottom' => 6 } left = { 'left' => 6 } right = { 'right' => 6 } # Define the formats # format01 = workbook.add_format(top.merge(left)) format02 = workbook.add_format(top.merge(black)) format03 = workbook.add_format(top) format04 = workbook.add_format(top.merge(right).merge(black)) format05 = workbook.add_format(left) format06 = workbook.add_format(black) format07 = workbook.add_format format08 = workbook.add_format(right.merge(black)) format09 = workbook.add_format(right) format10 = workbook.add_format(left.merge(black)) format11 = workbook.add_format(bottom.merge(left).merge(black)) format12 = workbook.add_format(bottom) format13 = workbook.add_format(bottom.merge(black)) format14 = workbook.add_format(bottom.merge(right)) # Draw the pattern worksheet.write('B2', '', format01) worksheet.write('C2', '', format02) worksheet.write('D2', '', format03) worksheet.write('E2', '', format02) worksheet.write('F2', '', format03) worksheet.write('G2', '', format02) worksheet.write('H2', '', format03) worksheet.write('I2', '', format04) worksheet.write('B3', '', format10) worksheet.write('C3', '', format07) worksheet.write('D3', '', format06) worksheet.write('E3', '', format07) worksheet.write('F3', '', format06) worksheet.write('G3', '', format07) worksheet.write('H3', '', format06) worksheet.write('I3', '', format09) worksheet.write('B4', '', format05) worksheet.write('C4', '', format06) worksheet.write('D4', '', format07) worksheet.write('E4', '', format06) worksheet.write('F4', '', format07) worksheet.write('G4', '', format06) worksheet.write('H4', '', format07) worksheet.write('I4', '', format08) worksheet.write('B5', '', format10) worksheet.write('C5', '', format07) worksheet.write('D5', '', format06) worksheet.write('E5', '', format07) worksheet.write('F5', '', format06) worksheet.write('G5', '', format07) worksheet.write('H5', '', format06) worksheet.write('I5', '', format09) worksheet.write('B6', '', format05) worksheet.write('C6', '', format06) worksheet.write('D6', '', format07) worksheet.write('E6', '', format06) worksheet.write('F6', '', format07) worksheet.write('G6', '', format06) worksheet.write('H6', '', format07) worksheet.write('I6', '', format08) worksheet.write('B7', '', format10) worksheet.write('C7', '', format07) worksheet.write('D7', '', format06) worksheet.write('E7', '', format07) worksheet.write('F7', '', format06) worksheet.write('G7', '', format07) worksheet.write('H7', '', format06) worksheet.write('I7', '', format09) worksheet.write('B8', '', format05) worksheet.write('C8', '', format06) worksheet.write('D8', '', format07) worksheet.write('E8', '', format06) worksheet.write('F8', '', format07) worksheet.write('G8', '', format06) worksheet.write('H8', '', format07) worksheet.write('I8', '', format08) worksheet.write('B9', '', format11) worksheet.write('C9', '', format12) worksheet.write('D9', '', format13) worksheet.write('E9', '', format12) worksheet.write('F9', '', format13) worksheet.write('G9', '', format12) worksheet.write('H9', '', format13) worksheet.write('I9', '', format14) workbook.close