# Spreadsheet Manipulation Gem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spreadsheet-manipulation-gem/170371>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 16, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spreadsheet-manipulation-gem/170371 "2009-06-16T18:19:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alan\_Claughan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Alan\_Claughan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alan_Claughan)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spreadsheet-manipulation-gem/170371/1 "2009-06-16T18:19:26Z")

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Hi,

Just putting a question out there to the Ruby community.

What is the best (stable/feature rich) gem that will allow me to open  
or create an .xls (excel) spread sheet, read/modify the contents, then  
save it back to disk.

I’ve looked at 'spreadsheet-0.6.3.1 and roo so far.

What are you guys/gals using?

L