Working with Excel Files in Python

转: http://www.python-excel.org/

Working with Excel Files in Python

This site contains pointers to the best information available about working with
Excel files in the
Python programming language.

The Packages

There are python packages available to work with Excel files that will run on any Python platform and that do not require either Windows or Excel to be used. They are fast, reliable and open source:

xlrd

This package is for reading data and formatting information from Excel files.

Download |
Documentation | GitHub

xlwt

This package is for writing data and formatting information to Excel files.

Download | Documentation |

Examples | GitHub

xlutils

This package collects utilities that require both
xlrd and xlwt, including the ability to copy and modify or filter existing excel files.

Download | Documentation |
GitHub

The Tutorial

The notes for the tutorial which covers all three packages can be downloaded here:

python-excel.pdf |
GitHub

These notes also make a pretty good reference for the three packages.