/* * Example of how to create defined names using libxlsxwriter. This method is * used to define a user friendly name to represent a value, a single cell or * a range of cells in a workbook. * * Copyright 2014-2021, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org * */ #include "xlsxwriter.h" int main() { lxw_workbook *workbook = workbook_new("defined_name.xlsx"); lxw_worksheet *worksheet; /* We don't use the returned worksheets in this example and use a generic * loop instead. */ workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL); workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL); /* Define some global/workbook names. */ workbook_define_name(workbook, "Sales", "=!G1:H10"); workbook_define_name(workbook, "Exchange_rate", "=0.96"); workbook_define_name(workbook, "Sales", "=Sheet1!$G$1:$H$10"); /* Define a local/worksheet name. */ workbook_define_name(workbook, "Sheet2!Sales", "=Sheet2!$G$1:$G$10"); /* Write some text to the worksheets and one of the defined name in a formula. */ LXW_FOREACH_WORKSHEET(worksheet, workbook){ worksheet_set_column(worksheet, 0, 0, 45, NULL); worksheet_write_string(worksheet, 0, 0, "This worksheet contains some defined names.", NULL); worksheet_write_string(worksheet, 1, 0, "See Formulas -> Name Manager above.", NULL); worksheet_write_string(worksheet, 2, 0, "Example formula in cell B3 ->", NULL); worksheet_write_formula(worksheet, 2, 1, "=Exchange_rate", NULL); } return workbook_close(workbook); }