constant_memory.c

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Example of using libxlsxwriter for writing large files in constant memory mode.

/*
 * Example of using libxlsxwriter for writing large files in constant memory
 * mode.
 *
 * Copyright 2014-2021, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
 *
 */
 
#include "xlsxwriter.h"
 
int main() {
 
    lxw_row_t row;
    lxw_col_t col;
    lxw_row_t max_row = 1000;
    lxw_col_t max_col = 50;
 
    /* Set the worksheet options. */
    lxw_workbook_options options = {.constant_memory = LXW_TRUE,
                                    .tmpdir = NULL,
                                    .use_zip64 = LXW_FALSE,
                                    .output_buffer = NULL,
                                    .output_buffer_size = NULL};
 
    /* Create a new workbook with options. */
    lxw_workbook  *workbook  = workbook_new_opt("constant_memory.xlsx", &options);
    lxw_worksheet *worksheet = workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL);
 
    for (row = 0; row < max_row; row++) {
        for (col = 0; col < max_col; col++) {
            worksheet_write_number(worksheet, row, col, 123.45, NULL);
        }
    }
 
    return workbook_close(workbook);
}