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

#######################################################################
#
# Example of how to add sparklines to an Excel::Writer::XLSX file.
#
# Sparklines are small charts that fit in a single cell and are
# used to show trends in data. See sparklines2.pl for examples
# of more complex sparkline formatting.
#
# reverse ('(c)'), November 2011, John McNamara, [e-mail]
# convert to ruby by Hideo NAKAMURA, [e-mail]
#

require 'write_xlsx'

workbook  = WriteXLSX.new('sparklines1.xlsx')
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet

# Some sample data to plot.
data = [
  [-2, 2,  3,  -1, 0],
  [30, 20, 33, 20, 15],
  [1,  -1, -1, 1,  -1]
]

# Write the sample data to the worksheet.
worksheet.write_col('A1', data)

# Add a line sparkline (the default) with markers.
worksheet.add_sparkline(
  {
    location: 'F1',
    range:    'Sheet1!A1:E1',
    markers:  1
  }
)

# Add a column sparkline with non-default style.
worksheet.add_sparkline(
  {
    location: 'F2',
    range:    'Sheet1!A2:E2',
    type:     'column',
    style:    12
  }
)

# Add a win/loss sparkline with negative values highlighted.
worksheet.add_sparkline(
  {
    location:        'F3',
    range:           'Sheet1!A3:E3',
    type:            'win_loss',
    negative_points: 1
  }
)

workbook.close

Version data entries

7 entries across 7 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
write_xlsx-1.12.1	examples/sparklines1.rb
write_xlsx-1.12.0	examples/sparklines1.rb
write_xlsx-1.11.2	examples/sparklines1.rb
write_xlsx-1.11.1	examples/sparklines1.rb
write_xlsx-1.11.0	examples/sparklines1.rb
write_xlsx-1.10.2	examples/sparklines1.rb
write_xlsx-1.10.1	examples/sparklines1.rb