Examples
Create, write to and save a workbook:

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import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

To specify the sheet name:

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df1 = pd.DataFrame([['p', 'q'], ['r', 's']],
                   index=['row 1', 'row 2'],
                   columns=['c1', 'c2'])
df1.to_excel("output.xlsx")
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df1.to_excel("output.xlsx",
             sheet_name='Sheet_name_1')  # doctest: +SKIP

To write more than one sheet in the workbook, it is necessary
to specify an ExcelWriter object:

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df2 = df1.copy()
with pd.ExcelWriter('output.xlsx') as writer:  # doctest: +SKIP
    df1.to_excel(writer, sheet_name='Sheet_name_1')
    df2.to_excel(writer, sheet_name='Sheet_name_2')

To set the library that is used to write the Excel file, you can pass the engine keyword:

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df1.to_excel('output1.xlsx', engine='xlsxwriter')  # doctest: +SKIP