{"id":12349,"date":"2024-03-14T15:39:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-xlrd-in-python\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T00:26:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T00:26:48","slug":"what-is-the-usage-of-xlrd-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-xlrd-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"xlrd Python Guide: Read Excel Files"},"content":{"rendered":"

xlrd is a Python library used for reading Excel files. It can parse the data within Excel files and provides methods for accessing, manipulating, and checking the content of the Excel files.<\/p>\n

Here are some common usage examples of the xlrd library:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Excel file:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    import xlrd\r\n\r\n# \u6253\u5f00Excel\u6587\u4ef6\r\nworkbook = xlrd.open_workbook('filename.xls')\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. Obtain the Sheet object:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      # \u83b7\u53d6\u7b2c\u4e00\u4e2aSheet\r\nsheet = workbook.sheet_by_index(0)\r\n\r\n# \u6216\u8005\u901a\u8fc7Sheet\u540d\u5b57\u83b7\u53d6\r\nsheet = workbook.sheet_by_name('Sheet1')\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. Fetch cell data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        # \u83b7\u53d6\u7b2c\u4e00\u4e2aSheet\u7684A1\u5355\u5143\u683c\u6570\u636e\r\ncell_value = sheet.cell_value(0, 0)\r\n\r\n# \u83b7\u53d6\u7b2c\u4e8c\u884c\u7684\u6240\u6709\u5355\u5143\u683c\u6570\u636e\r\nrow_values = sheet.row_values(1)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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        1. Obtain the number of rows, number of columns, and the name of the sheet:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          # \u83b7\u53d6Sheet\u4e2d\u7684\u884c\u6570\u548c\u5217\u6570\r\nnum_rows = sheet.nrows\r\nnum_cols = sheet.ncols\r\n\r\n# \u83b7\u53d6\u6240\u6709Sheet\u540d\u5b57\r\nsheet_names = workbook.sheet_names()\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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          1. Iterating through all rows or columns:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            # \u904d\u5386\u6240\u6709\u884c\r\nfor row_index in range(sheet.nrows):\r\n    row_values = sheet.row_values(row_index)\r\n    print(row_values)\r\n\r\n# \u904d\u5386\u6240\u6709\u5217\r\nfor col_index in range(sheet.ncols):\r\n    col_values = sheet.col_values(col_index)\r\n    print(col_values)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
            These are just some basic usage examples of the xlrd library, there are also more advanced features available for use. You can refer to the official xlrd documentation for more detailed information: https:\/\/xlrd.readthedocs.io\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
            xlrd is a Python library used for reading Excel files. It can parse the data within Excel files and provides methods for accessing, manipulating, and checking the content of the Excel files. Here are some common usage examples of the xlrd library: Open the Excel file: import xlrd # \u6253\u5f00Excel\u6587\u4ef6 workbook = xlrd.open_workbook(‘filename.xls’) Obtain the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[560,16135,16122,16134,16136],"class_list":["post-12349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-data-extraction","tag-excel-parsing","tag-python-excel","tag-xlrd","tag-xlrd-tutorial"],"yoast_head":"\nxlrd Python Guide: Read Excel Files - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to use xlrd library in Python to read, parse, and extract data from Excel files with clear code examples.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-xlrd-in-python\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"xlrd Python Guide: Read Excel Files\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how to use xlrd library in Python to read, parse, and extract data from Excel files with clear code examples.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-xlrd-in-python\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog - 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