.read_excel()

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Published May 12, 2022
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The .read_excel() function takes a path to an Excel file and reads the data into a Pandas DataFrame object.

Syntax

pandas.read_excel(io, sheet_name)

The io parameter is the path to the Excel file. It can be a path on the local machine or a valid URL. It is the first parameter of the function and can be used by itself.

The second parameter sheet_name specifies the worksheet(s) to import. It can be a string, or list of strings to specify worksheet names, or it can be an integer or list of integers to specify zero-indexed sheet positions. (Chart sheets are ignored for this purpose.) Specifying None will retrieve all worksheets. The default is 0.

There are many other parameters that are optional or have default settings. These are usually passed as keyword arguments since using the parameter order is generally inconvenient.

Some of the more significant parameters are listed here:

Parameter Name Data Type Usage
io str Path to the Excel file to import.
sheet_name int, str, list of int, list of str Worksheet names or indices.
header int, list of int, None Row number(s) to use as column names.
names array-like List of column names to use.
usecols list-like or callable Excel column letters or ranges, or column numbers, or column names to import. If callable, uses columns where the name passed to the callable results in True.
skiprows list-like, int, or callable Initial lines to skip (int) or line numbers to skip (list). Or callable that returns True when the row number passed to it should be skipped.

Example

import pandas


df = pandas.read_excel("data.xlsx")
print(df)

The output will show the contents of the Excel file loaded into the DataFrame:

  column 1 column 2 column 3
0        A        B        C
1        D        E        F

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