octave-io 2.4.5-1 / usr / share / octave / packages / io-2.4.5 / xlswrite.m

## Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Philip Nienhuis
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} @var{rstatus} = xlswrite (@var{filename}, @var{arr})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} @var{rstatus} = xlswrite (@var{filename}, @var{arr}, @var{wsh})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} @var{rstatus} = xlswrite (@var{filename}, @var{arr}, @var{wsh}, @var{range})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} @var{rstatus} = xlswrite (@var{filename}, @var{arr}, @var{wsh}, @var{range}, @var{reqintf})
## Add data in 1D/2D array @var{arr} to worksheet @var{wsh} in Excel
## spreadsheet file @var{filename} in cell range @var{range}. Gnumeric
## files can also be written.
##
## @var{rstatus} returns 1 if writing succeeded, 0 otherwise.
##
## @var{filename} must be a valid Excel file name (including file
## name extension).  If @var{filename} does not contain any directory path,
## the file is saved in the current directory.  Writing .xlsm and .xlsb
## is untested but may only reliably be possible with the COM and UNO
## interfaces.
##
## @var{arr} can be any 1D or 2D array containing numerical, logical and/or
## character data (cellstr) except complex.  Mixed numeric/text arrays can
## only be cell arrays.
##
## If only 3 arguments are given, the 3rd is assumed to be a spreadsheet
## range if it contains a ":" or is a completely empty string (interpreted
## as A1:IV65336 for regular .xls or A1:XFD1048576 for OOXML .xlsx).  The
## 3rd argument is assumed to refer to a worksheet if it is a numeric value
## or a non-empty text string not containing ":"
##
## @var{wsh} can be a number or string (max. 31 chars).
## In case of a not yet existing Excel file, the first worksheet will be
## used & named according to @var{wsh} - the extra worksheets that Excel
## usually creates by default are deleted (COM) or simply not created.
## In case of existing files, some checks are made for existing worksheet
## names or numbers, or whether @var{wsh} refers to an existing sheet with
## a type other than worksheet (e.g., chart).
## When new worksheets are to be added to the Excel file, they are
## inserted to the right of all existing worksheets. The pointer to the
## "active" sheet (shown when Excel opens the file) remains untouched.
##
## @var{range} is expected to be a regular spreadsheet range.
## Data is added to the worksheet; existing data in the requested
## range will be overwritten.  Instead of a spreadsheet range a Named
## range defined in the spreadsheet file can be used as well. In that
## case the Named range should be specified as 4th argument and the value
## of 3rd argument @var{wsh} doesn't matter as the worksheet associated
## with the specified Named range will be used.
## Array @var{arr} will be clipped at the right and/or bottom if its size
## is bigger than can be accommodated in @var{range}.
## If @var{arr} is smaller than the @var{range} allows, it is placed
## in the top left rectangle of @var{range} and remaining cell values
## outside the rectangle will be retained.
## If the third argument is a sheet name and @var{range} is specified as
## just one cell, it is taken as the topleft cell and the bottomright
## cell range address is determinded form the data.
##
## If @var{range} contains merged cells, only the elements of @var{arr}
## corresponding to the top or left Excel cells of those merged cells
## will be written, other array cells corresponding to that merged cell
## will be ignored. In other words, merged spreadsheet cells won't be
## "unmerged".
##
## As to the optional last argument @var{reqintf}: 
## When no external support SW for spreadsheet I/O ('interface') is
## installed (see below), xlsread can only write to .xlsx, .ods and
## .gnumeric files using the default (built-in) 'OCT' interface.  If
## external support SW is installed, xlswrite will try locate it
## automatically and invoke it, allowing more file types to be written.
## Multiple spreadsheet I/O 'interfaces' can be installed side-by-side;
## xlswrite will then try to invoke the most suitable one depending
## on file type.
## The optional last argument @var{reqintf} can be used to override 
## that automatic selection by xlswrite.  Supported interfaces
## comprise: 'com' (ActiveX/Excel), 'poi' (Java/Apache POI), 'jxl'
## (Java/JExcelAPI), 'uno' (Java/OpenOffice.org), or 'oct' (native
## Octave w/o any external support software).  'oxs' (Java/OpenXLS)
## works reliably and fast for .xls (BIFF8) but has been disabled for
## writing OOXML as that is too buggy.  For writing to OOXML files
## (.xlsx) a value of 'com', 'poi', 'uno', or 'oct' must be specified
## for @var{reqintf}.  The value of @var{reqintf} is case-insensitive.
## Multiple interfaces can be selected if entered as a cell array of
## strings.  Writing gnumeric files can only be done with the OCT
## interface, it is selected automatically for that file type.
##
## xlswrite is a mere wrapper for various scripts which find out what
## Excel interface to use (COM, POI, etc) plus code to mimic the other
## brand's syntax. For each call to xlswrite such an interface must be
## started and possibly an Excel file loaded. When writing to multiple
## ranges and/or worksheets in the same Excel file, a speed bonus can be
## obtained by invoking those scripts directly with multiple calls to
## oct2xls (one for each sheet or range) surrounded by one call to
## xlsopen and xlsclose:
## (xlsopen / octxls / oct2xls / .... / xlsclose)
##
## Examples:
##
## @example
##   status = xlswrite ...
##            ('test4.xls', 'arr', 'Third_sheet', 'C3:AB40');
##   (which adds the contents of array arr (any type) to
##    rangeC3:AB40 in worksheet 'Third_sheet' in file
##    test4.xls and returns a logical True (= numerical 1)
##    in 'status' if all went well) 
## @end example
##
## @seealso {xlsread, oct2xls, xls2oct, xlsopen, xlsclose, xlsfinfo}
##
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Philip Nienhuis <prnienhuis at users.sf.net>
## Created: 2009-10-16

function [ rstatus ] = xlswrite (filename, arr, arg3, arg4, arg5)

  rstatus = 0;

  ## Sanity checks
  if (nargin < 2)
    error ("Insufficient arguments - see 'help xlswrite'\n");
  elseif (! ischar (filename))
    error ("xlswrite: first argument must be a filename (incl. suffix)\n");
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    ## Assume first worksheet and full worksheet starting at A1
    wsh = 1;
    if (strcmpi (filename(end-4:end-1), ".xls"))
      crange = "A1:XFD1048576";     ## OOXML has ridiculously large limits 
    else
      crange = "A1:IV65536";        ## Regular xls limits
    endif
  elseif (nargin == 3)
    ## Find out whether 3rd argument = worksheet or range
    if (isnumeric (arg3) || (isempty (findstr (arg3, ":")) && ~isempty (arg3)))
      ## Apparently a worksheet specified
      wsh = arg3;
      if (strcmpi (filename(end-4:end-1), ".xls"))
        crange = "A1:XFD1048576";   ## OOXML has ridiculously large limits 
      else
        crange = "A1:IV65536";      ## Regular xls limits
      endif
    else
      ## Range specified
      wsh = 1;
      crange = arg3;
    endif
  elseif (nargin >= 4)
    wsh = arg3;
    crange = arg4;
    r_extnd = (isempty (strfind (crange, ":")) && nargin >= 4);
  endif
  if (nargin == 5)
    reqintf = arg5;
  else
    reqintf = [];
  endif
  if (isempty (wsh))
    wsh = 1;
  endif
  if (isempty (crange) || r_extnd)
    if (r_extnd)
      tlcl = crange;
    else
      tlcl = "A1";
    endif
    if (strcmpi (filename(end-4:end-1), ".xls"))
      crange = [tlcl ":XFD1048576"]; ## OOXML has ridiculously large limits 
    else
      crange = [tlcl ":IV65536"];    ## Regular xls limits
    endif
  endif
  
  ## Parse range
  [topleft, nrows, ncols, trow, lcol] = parse_sp_range (crange);
  
  ## Check if arr fits in range
  [nr, nc] = size (arr);
  if ((nr > nrows) || (nc > ncols))
    # Array too big; truncate
    nr = min (nrows, nr);
    nc = min (ncols, nc);
    warning ("xlswrite - array truncated to %d by %d to fit in range %s\n", ...
             nrows, ncols, crange);
    ## Adapt crange
    crange = [ calccelladdress(trow, lcol) ":" ...
               calccelladdress(trow+nrows-1, lcol+ncols-1) ];
  endif

  unwind_protect          ## Needed to be sure Excel can be closed i.c.o. errors
    xls_ok = 0;
    xls = xlsopen (filename, 1, reqintf);
    if (! isempty (xls))
      xls_ok = 1;

      [xls, rstatus] = oct2xls (arr(1:nr, 1:nc), xls, wsh, crange);
    endif

  unwind_protect_cleanup
    if (xls_ok && ! isempty (xls))
      xls = xlsclose (xls);
    endif

  end_unwind_protect

  if (! isempty (xls))
    ## Apparently the file pointer couldn't be cleared, usually due to errors
    rstatus = 0;
  endif

endfunction