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hash_password

Source code

Description

Create a password hash from a given string for protecting a worksheet

https://openpyxl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api/openpyxl.utils.protection.html

Usage

hash_password(plaintext_password = "", ...)

Arguments

plaintext_password plaintext_password
Additional arguments, i.e. kwargs.

Details

only. This will not work for encrypting a workbook. This method is based on the algorithm provided by Daniel Rentz of OpenOffice and the PEAR package Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer by Xavier Noguer \<[email protected]>. See also http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericwhite/archive/2008/02/23/the-legacy-hashing-algorithm-in-open-xml.aspx

Value

An openpyxl Python object.

Examples

library("xlcharts")

hash_password(plaintext_password = "password")