I am trying to write a simple function in Python (with xlwings) that reads a current 'active' cell value in Excel and then writes that cell value to the cell in the next column along from the active cell.
If I specify the cell using an absolute reference, for example range(3, 2), then I everything is ok. However, I can't seem to manage to find the row and column values of whichever cell is selected once the function is run.
I have found a lot of examples where the reference is specified but not where the active cell range can vary depending on the user selection.
I have tried a few ideas. The first option is trying to use the App.selection that I found in the v0.10.0 xlwings documentation but this doesn't seem to return a range reference that can be used - I get an error "Invalid parameter" when trying to retrieve the row from 'cellRange':
def refTest():
import xlwings as xw
wb = xw.Book.caller()
cellRange = xw.App.selection
rowNum = wb.sheets[0].range(cellRange).row
colNum = wb.sheets[0].range(cellRange).column
url = wb.sheets[0].range(rowNum, colNum).value
wb.sheets[0].range(rowNum, colNum + 1).value = url
The second idea was to try to read the row and column directly from the cell selection but this gives me the error "Property object has no attribute 'row'":
def refTest():
import xlwings as xw
wb = xw.Book.caller()
rowNum = xw.App.selection.row
colNum = xw.App.selection.column
url = wb.sheets[0].range(rowNum, colNum).value
wb.sheets[0].range(rowNum, colNum + 1).value = url
Is it possible to pass the range of the active/selected cell from Excel to Python with xlwings? If anyone is able to shed some light on this then I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!