does anyone know how I can write to a xls that puts each number in different cells? for example,
vector<int> nums;
nums.push_back(1);
nums.push_back(2);
nums.push_back(3);
ofstream myfile;
myfile.open("C:/example.xls")
myfile << nums[1] << " " << nums[2] << " " nums[3] << endl;
myfile.close()how do i put three numbers in different cells, but not all in one cell?
thanx
Jump to PostYou cannot write directly to an *.xls file and expect Excel to read it because *.xls files are not plain text files -- they contain a lot of formatting information that is readable only by Excel program.
The easiest way to do it is to creates *.csv files which …
You cannot write directly to an *.xls file and expect Excel to read it because *.xls files are not plain text files -- they contain a lot of formatting information that is readable only by Excel program.
The easiest way to do it is to creates *.csv files which Excel can import. Fieids (cells) are commma or sometimes tab separated, with CR/LF between each row. Using your example you might write it like this: Text should be surrounded with quotes (see first example below)
myfile << "\"Hello World\"," << nums[1] << "," << nums[2] << "," nums[3] << "\n";
or
myfile << nums[1] << "\t" << nums[2] << "\t" nums[3] << "\n";hi, thanx! putting in the comma and quotes are certainly not the most pleasant things to do, but it does the trick!!
> putting in the comma and quotes are certainly not the most pleasant things to do
Wrap it up in a class :)
Probably not a bad idea if you need to do this a lot.
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