#!/usr/bin/env python from Tkinter import Tk from time import sleep, ctime from tkMessageBox import showwarning from urllib import urlopen import win32com.client as win32 warn = lambda app: showwarning(app, 'Exit?') RANGE = range(3, 8) TICKS = ('YHOO', 'GOOG', 'EBAY', 'AMZN') COLS = ('TICKER', 'PRICE', 'CHG', '%AGE') URL = 'http://quote.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=%s&f=sl1c1p2' def excel(): app = 'Excel' xl = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('%s.Application' % app) ss = xl.Workbooks.Add() sh = ss.ActiveSheet xl.Visible = True sleep(1) sh.Cells(1, 1).Value = 'Python-to-%s Stock Quote Demo' % app sleep(1) sh.Cells(3, 1).Value = 'Prices quoted as of: %s' % ctime() sleep(1) for i in range(4): sh.Cells(5, i+1).Value = COLS[i] sleep(1) sh.Range(sh.Cells(5, 1), sh.Cells(5, 4)).Font.Bold = True sleep(1) row = 6 u = urlopen(URL % ','.join(TICKS)) for data in u: tick, price, chg, per = data.split(',') sh.Cells(row, 1).Value = eval(tick) sh.Cells(row, 2).Value = '%.2f' % round(float(price), 2) sh.Cells(row, 3).Value = chg sh.Cells(row, 4).Value = eval(per.rstrip()) row += 1 sleep(1) u.close() warn(app) ss.Close(False) xl.Application.Quit() if __name__=='__main__': Tk().withdraw() excel()