Tino Wildenhain wrote: > r wrote: >> On Dec 30, 10:07 am, "andyh...@gmail.com" <andyh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Can anybody recommend an approach for loading and parsing Excel >>> spreadsheets in Python. Any well known/recommended libraries for this? >>> >>> The only thing I found in a brief search >>> washttp://www.lexicon.net/sjmachin/xlrd.htm, >>> but I'd rather get some more input before going with something I don't >>> know. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Andy. >> >> xlrd(read only) >> also see pyExcelerator > > which is now replaced by xlwt :-) > I've had very good results with xlrd, having used it to extract data from spreadsheets for storage into a relational database. It's also cross-platform, which means you don't need to run under Windows.
I don't know anything at all about xlwt. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list