{"id":43,"date":"2026-02-05T17:04:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/?p=43"},"modified":"2026-01-17T05:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T05:27:09","slug":"how-to-define-cell-names-using-xlwings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/how-to-define-cell-names-using-xlwings\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Define Cell Names Using xlwings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Method<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Cells<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">cl=sht.cells(3,3)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#cl.name=&#8217;test&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.range(&#8216;test&#8217;).select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 8.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings API<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#cl=sht.api.Range(&#8216;C3&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#cl.Name=&#8217;test&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Range(&#8216;test&#8217;).Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Cell ranges<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#cl =sht.range(&#8216;A3:C8&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; 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