Which library should I use to write an XLS from Linux / Python?

Question

I\'d love a good native Python library to write XLS, but it doesn\'t seem to exist. Happily, Jython does.

So I\'m trying to decide between jexcelapi and Ap

Answer 1

Excel exposes the same OLE automation API used by VBA to anything that supports COM. You can use win32com (which is included with ActiveState Python by default) to manipulate spreadsheets in much the same way that you would do in VBA.