{"id":12529,"date":"2024-03-14T16:03:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-read-an-excel-file-using-pandas\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:43:38","slug":"how-to-read-an-excel-file-using-pandas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-read-an-excel-file-using-pandas\/","title":{"rendered":"Read Excel Files with Pandas: A Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the read_excel function in the pandas library to read Excel files.<\/p>\n<p>First, you need to import the pandas library.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>import pandas as pd\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Next, use the read_excel function to read the Excel file.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>data = pd.read_excel('\u6587\u4ef6\u8def\u5f84\/\u6587\u4ef6\u540d.xlsx')\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The &#8216;file path\/file name.xlsx&#8217; refers to the path and file name of an Excel file. 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