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

#######################################################################
#
# Example of how to change the default worksheet direction from
# left-to-right to right-to-left as required by some eastern verions
# of Excel.
#
# reverse('©'), January 2006, John McNamara, [e-mail]
#
# original written in Perl by John McNamara
# converted to Ruby by Hideo Nakamura, [e-mail]
#

require 'writeexcel'

workbook   = WriteExcel.new("right_to_left.xls")
worksheet1 = workbook.add_worksheet
worksheet2 = workbook.add_worksheet

worksheet2.right_to_left

worksheet1.write(0, 0, 'Hello')  #  A1, B1, C1, ...
worksheet2.write(0, 0, 'Hello')  # ..., C1, B1, A1

workbook.close

Version data entries

5 entries across 5 versions & 1 rubygems

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