python XlsxWriter Example: Hello World

http://xlsxwriter.readthedocs.io/example_hello_world.html

The simplest possible spreadsheet. This is a good place to start to see if the XlsxWriter module is installed correctly.

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 # A hello world spreadsheet using the XlsxWriter Python module.
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 # Copyright -, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
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 import xlsxwriter

 workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook('hello_world.xlsx')
 worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

 worksheet.write('A1', 'Hello world')

 workbook.close()