Excel Merge and Center using python pandas

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The "Merge and Center" feature in Excel is not directly available in pandas since it's mainly used for visual formatting rather than data manipulation. However, you can achieve similar visual effects by using the openpyxl library, which works with pandas to interact with Excel files.

Here's an example of how you can use openpyxl and pandas together to achieve the "Merge and Center" effect:

Python code:

import pandas as pd
from openpyxl import load_workbook
from openpyxl.utils.dataframe import dataframe_to_rows

# Sample data in pandas DataFrame
data = {
    'Name': ['John', 'Alice', 'Bob'],
    'Age': [30, 25, 28],
    'Location': ['New York', 'London', 'Paris']
}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)

# Write the DataFrame to Excel
file_path = 'output.xlsx'
df.to_excel(file_path, index=False)

# Load the Excel workbook using openpyxl
wb = load_workbook(file_path)
ws = wb.active

# Determine the range of cells to merge and center (e.g., A1 to C1)
start_row = 1
end_row = 1
start_column = 1
end_column = len(df.columns)

# Merge and center the cells
merge_range = f"{ws.cell(row=start_row, column=start_column).coordinate}:{ws.cell(row=end_row, column=end_column).coordinate}"
ws.merge_cells(merge_range)

# Save the changes
wb.save(file_path)

In this example, we first create a pandas DataFrame, write it to an Excel file using df.to_excel, and then use openpyxl to load the Excel file, merge and center the specified range of cells (in this case, the header row), and save the changes back to the file.

Please note that openpyxl operates directly on the Excel file and does not maintain the DataFrame's formatting. If you need more advanced formatting or want to manipulate the data and formatting together, you may consider using other libraries like xlsxwriter or xlwings.

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