From 8f52bb0f822e76daad01cc05fad63d5163861646 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John McNamara Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2018 10:53:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added example for rich strings. Issue #37 --- examples/rich_strings.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+) create mode 100644 examples/rich_strings.c diff --git a/examples/rich_strings.c b/examples/rich_strings.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000..44fb4e54 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/rich_strings.c @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +/* + * An example of using the libxlsxwriter library to write some "rich strings", + * i.e., strings with multiple formats. + * + * Copyright 2014-2018, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org + * + */ + +#include "xlsxwriter.h" + +int main() { + + lxw_workbook *workbook = workbook_new("rich_strings.xlsx"); + lxw_worksheet *worksheet = workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL); + + /* Set up some formats to use. */ + lxw_format *bold = workbook_add_format(workbook); + format_set_bold(bold); + + lxw_format *italic = workbook_add_format(workbook); + format_set_italic(italic); + + lxw_format *red = workbook_add_format(workbook); + format_set_font_color(red, LXW_COLOR_RED); + + lxw_format *blue = workbook_add_format(workbook); + format_set_font_color(blue, LXW_COLOR_BLUE); + + lxw_format *center = workbook_add_format(workbook); + format_set_align(center, LXW_ALIGN_CENTER); + + lxw_format *superscript = workbook_add_format(workbook); + format_set_font_script(superscript, LXW_FONT_SUPERSCRIPT); + + /* Make the first column wide for clarity. */ + worksheet_set_column(worksheet, 0, 0, 30, NULL); + + + /* Create and write some rich strings with multiple formats. */ + + /* Example 1. Some bold and italic in the same string. */ + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment11 = {.format = NULL, .string = "This is "}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment12 = {.format = bold, .string = "bold"}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment13 = {.format = NULL, .string = " and this is "}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment14 = {.format = italic, .string = "italic"}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple *rich_string1[] = {&fragment11, &fragment12, + &fragment13, &fragment14, NULL}; + + worksheet_write_rich_string(worksheet, CELL("A1"), rich_string1, NULL); + + + /* Example 2. Some red and blue coloring in the same string. */ + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment21 = {.format = NULL, .string = "This is "}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment22 = {.format = red, .string = "red"}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment23 = {.format = NULL, .string = " and this is "}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment24 = {.format = blue, .string = "blue"}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple *rich_string2[] = {&fragment21, &fragment22, + &fragment23, &fragment24, NULL}; + + worksheet_write_rich_string(worksheet, CELL("A3"), rich_string2, NULL); + + + /* Example 3. A rich string plus cell formatting. */ + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment31 = {.format = NULL, .string = "Some "}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment32 = {.format = bold, .string = "bold text"}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment33 = {.format = NULL, .string = " centered"}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple *rich_string3[] = {&fragment31, &fragment32, + &fragment33, NULL}; + + /* Note that this example also can a "center" cell format. */ + worksheet_write_rich_string(worksheet, CELL("A5"), rich_string3, center); + + + /* Example 4. A math example with a superscript. */ + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment41 = {.format = italic, .string = "j =k"}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple fragment42 = {.format = superscript, .string = "(n-1)"}; + lxw_rich_string_tuple *rich_string4[] = {&fragment41, &fragment42, NULL}; + + worksheet_write_rich_string(worksheet, CELL("A7"), rich_string4, center); + + + workbook_close(workbook); + + return 0; +}