How to change the color based on text in excel using Python?

Question

In Excel cell text will vary from Pass to Fail.I have to give background color green for Pass(pass/Passed/passed) and red for Fail(fail/Failed/failed) respectively. How to chang

Answer 1

You can create styles using easyxf and then pass them as arguments to your write method.

For example:

style_pass = xlwt.easyxf('pattern: pattern solid, fore_colour green;')
style_fail = xlwt.easyxf('pattern: pattern solid, fore_colour red;')
worksheet.write_merge(6, 6, 3, 3,'Pass', style=style_pass)
worksheet.write_merge(7, 7, 3, 3,'Fail', style=style_fail)

Answer 2

You'll need to put in a if statement to seperate pased on pass fail.

Then, you'll use that to make a color string, something like 'fore-colour grey25'. Look in Style.py for lists of all possible colors and options (github page: https://github.com/python-excel/xlwt/blob/master/xlwt/Style.py). Since red and green both work, and back_color also works, you can do:

passed = xlwt.easyxf('back_color green')
failed = xlwt.easyxf('back_color red')

color = (passed if passorfail in ['pass','Passed','passed'] else
    (failed if passorfail in ['fail','Failed','failed'] else xlwt.easyxf()))
worksheet.write_merge(6, 6, 3, 3,passorfail, style = color)