Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: xlwings
Version: 0.1.0
Summary: Make Excel fly: Interact with Excel from Python and vice versa.
Home-page: http://xlwings.org
Author: Zoomer Analytics LLC
Author-email: felix.zumstein@zoomeranalytics.com
License: BSD 3-clause
Description: xlwings - Make Excel Fly!
        =========================
        
        xlwings is a `BSD-licensed <http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause>`_ Python library that makes it easy to call
        Python from Excel and vice versa:
        
        * Interact with Excel from Python using a syntax that is close to VBA yet Pythonic.
        * Replace your VBA macros with Python code and still pass around your workbooks as easy as before.
        
        xlwings fully supports NumPy arrays and Pandas DataFrames. Currently, it only works on Windows.
        
        .. note:: xlwings is currently in an early stage.
           The API might change in backward incompatible ways.
        
        
        Interact with Excel from Python
        -------------------------------
        
        Writing some values to Excel and adding a chart is as easy as:
        
        .. code-block:: python
        
            >>> from xlwings import Workbook, Range, Chart
            >>> wb = Workbook()  # Creates a connection with a new workbook
            >>> Range('A1').value = ['Foo 1', 'Foo 2', 'Foo 3', 'Foo 4']
            >>> Range('A2').value = [10, 20, 30, 40]
            >>> Range('A1').table.value  # Read the whole table back
            [[u'Foo 1', u'Foo 2', u'Foo 3', u'Foo 4'], [10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0]]
            >>> chart = Chart().add()
            >>> chart.set_source_data(Range('A1').table)
        
        
        Call Python from Excel
        ----------------------
        
        If, for example, you want to fill your spreadsheet with standard normally distributed random numbers, your VBA code is
        just one line:
        
        .. code-block:: vb.net
        
            Sub RandomNumbers()
                RunPython ("import mymodule; mymodule.rand_numbers()")
            End Sub
        
        This essentially hands over control to ``mymodule.py``:
        
        .. code-block:: python
        
            import numpy as np
            from xlwings import Workbook, Range
        
            wb = Workbook()  # Creates a reference to the calling Excel file
        
            def rand_numbers():
                """ produces standard normally distributed random numbers with shape (n,n)"""
                n = Range('Sheet1', 'B1').value
                rand_num = np.random.randn(n, n)
                Range('Sheet1', 'C3').value = rand_num
        
        
        To make this run, just import de VBA module ``xlwings.bas`` in the VBA editor. It can be found in the directory of
        your ``xlwings`` installation.
        
        Easy deployment
        ---------------
        
        Deployment is really the part where xlwings shines:
        
        * Just zip-up your Spreadsheet with your Python code and the ``xlwings.py`` file and send it around. The receiver only
          needs to have an installation of Python with `pywin32 <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/>`_ (and obviously
          all the other packages you're using).
        * There is no need to install any Excel add-in.
        * If this still sounds too complicated, just freeze your Python code into an executable and use
          ``RunFrozenPython`` instead of ``RunPython``. This gives you a standalone version of your Spreadsheet tool without any
          dependencies.
        
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        The easiest way to install xlwings is via pip::
        
            pip install xlwings
        
        
        Alternatively it can be installed from source. From within the ``xlwings`` directory, execute::
        
            python setup.py install
        
        
        Links
        -----
        
        * Homepage: http://xlwings.org
        * Documentation: http://docs.xlwings.org
        * Source Code: http://github.com/zoomeranalytics/xlwings
        
        
        
Keywords: xls,excel,spreadsheet,workbook
Platform: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Topic :: Office/Business :: Financial :: Spreadsheet
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
