formatting a run within a loop and inserting in a table Python docx

Question

I am trying to format text using python docx. The text is a string pulled out by a loop. How can I name the object a run and then apply a font to the run?

This is my code:

xcount = 0
while xcount < xnum:
    xdata = datastring[xcount]
    obj1 = xdata[0]
    run = obj1
    font = run.font
    from docx.shared import Pt
    font.name = 'Times New Roman'
    row1.cells[0].add_paragraph(obj1)
    xcount += 1

I get the error:

AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'font'

Answer 1

xdata[0] is a string (doesn't have a .font attribute). You'll need to create a Document(), add a paragraph, and add a run to that. E.g.:

from docx import Document
from docx.shared import Inches

document = Document()

document.add_heading('Document Title', 0)

p = document.add_paragraph('A plain paragraph having some ')
p.add_run('bold').bold = True
p.add_run(' and some ')
p.add_run('italic.').italic = True

(copied directly from the docs: http://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)