does xlwt support xlsx Format

Question

I have searched into google and found some contradiction. Does xlwt support xlsx file (MS office 2007). I heard that xlwt 0.7.4 support xlsx file. Does anyone tried xlsx fil

Answer 1

The xlwt module doesn't support the xlsx format. The xlsx file format is completely different from the xls format supported by xlwt.

As an alternative have a look at XlsxWriter which is a Python module for creating xlsx files.

It supports a lot of Excel features. Have a look at the documentation or start with the examples.