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#!/usr/bin/ruby -w
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

###############################################################################
#
# Simple example of merging cells using the WriteExcel module
#
# This merges two formatted cells using the "Centre Across Selection" alignment.
# This was the Excel 5 method of achieving a merge. Use the merge_range()
# worksheet method instead. See merge3.pl - merge6.pl.
#
# reverse('©'), August 2002, John McNamara, [e-mail]
#
# original written in Perl by John McNamara
# converted to Ruby by Hideo Nakamura, [e-mail]
#

require 'rubygems'
require 'writeexcel'

# Create a new workbook and add a worksheet
workbook  = WriteExcel.new("merge2.xls")
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet

# Increase the cell size of the merged cells to highlight the formatting.
worksheet.set_column(1, 2, 30)
worksheet.set_row(2, 40)

# Create a merged format
format = workbook.add_format(
                                        :center_across   => 1,
                                        :bold            => 1,
                                        :size            => 15,
                                        :pattern         => 1,
                                        :border          => 6,
                                        :color           => 'white',
                                        :fg_color        => 'green',
                                        :border_color    => 'yellow',
                                        :align           => 'vcenter'
                                  )

# Only one cell should contain text, the others should be blank.
worksheet.write(2, 1, "Center across selection", format)
worksheet.write_blank(2, 2,                      format)
workbook.close

Version data entries

5 entries across 5 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
writeexcel-0.5.0	examples/merge2.rb
writeexcel-0.4.3	examples/merge2.rb
writeexcel-0.4.2	examples/merge2.rb
writeexcel-0.4.1	examples/merge2.rb
writeexcel-0.4.0	examples/merge2.rb