diff --git a/index/ex/excel_writer/excel_writer-18.0.0.toml b/index/ex/excel_writer/excel_writer-18.0.0.toml index b6fcbcb62..879d6cdd4 100644 --- a/index/ex/excel_writer/excel_writer-18.0.0.toml +++ b/index/ex/excel_writer/excel_writer-18.0.0.toml @@ -22,12 +22,32 @@ Excel_Out is a standalone, portable Ada package for writing Excel spreadsheets w * Endian-neutral * Object oriented * Task safe -* Pure Ada 95 (nothing compiler/system specific), can be used in projects in Ada 95, Ada 2005, Ada 2012 and later language versions +* Pure Ada 95 (nothing compiler/system specific), can be used in projects in Ada 95, Ada 2005, Ada 2012 and later versions of the language * Floating-point hardware neutral: no IEEE hardware required * Tests and demos included * Includes a CSV parser with related tools. +* Free, open-source ___ (*) within limits of compiler's provided integer types and target architecture capacity. + +The creation of an Excel file is as simple as this small procedure: + +```ada +with Excel_Out; + +procedure Small_Demo is + xl : Excel_Out.Excel_Out_File; +begin + xl.Create ("small.xls"); + xl.Put_Line ("This is a small demo for Excel_Out"); + for row in 3 .. 8 loop + for column in 1 .. 8 loop + xl.Write (row, column, row * 1000 + column); + end loop; + end loop; + xl.Close; +end Small_Demo; +``` """ [origin]