Converts the specified CSV file to XLS using xlwt and outputs to stdout.

csv2xls.py

"""
Converts the specified CSV file to XLS using xlwt.


Copyright 2012 Kevin Richardson

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"""
import csv
import re
import sys

import xlwt


def csv_to_xls(csv_filename, output=None):
    if output is None:
        output = sys.stdout
    
    int_re = re.compile(r'^\d+$')
    float_re = re.compile(r'^\d+\.\d+$')
    date_re = re.compile(r'^\d+-\d+-\d+$')
    style = xlwt.XFStyle()

    with open(csv_filename, 'rb') as csv_file:
        workbook = xlwt.Workbook()
        sheet = workbook.add_sheet('one')

        reader = csv.reader(csv_file)
        row_num = 0
        for row in reader:
            column_num = 0
            for item in row:
                format = 'general'
                if re.match(date_re, item):
                    format = 'M/D/YY'
                elif re.match(float_re, item):
                    item = float(item)
                    format = '0.00'
                elif re.match(int_re, item):
                    item = float(item)
                    format = '0'
                style.num_format_str = format
                sheet.write(row_num, column_num, item, style)
                column_num += 1
            row_num += 1

        workbook.save(output)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print 'Usage: csv2xls.py input.csv [output.xls]'
        sys.exit(0)
    
    output = None
    if len(sys.argv) == 3:
        output = sys.argv[2]
        
    csv_to_xls(sys.argv[1], output)