Writing multi-line strings to cells using xlwt module

Question

Python: Is there a way to write multi-line strings into an excel cell with just the xlwt module? (I saw answers suggesting use of openpyxl module)

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Answer 1

There are a few things you could try:

1. Windows handles new lines differently to Unix/Linux. While \n (line feed) character is the standard Unix method and also used in Python, Windows requires a carriage return and line feed. You could therefore try replacing \n with \r\n.
2. If this does not work then try replacing them with the ascii characters {chr(13) and chr(10)} inside a formula.
3. If this still doesn't work then it may be worth trying this article which suggests a rather more long winded way of approaching the problem.