I have a large spreadsheet file (.xlsx) that I'm processing using python pandas. It happens that I need data from two tabs (sheets) in that large file. One of the tabs has a ton of data and the other is just a few square cells. Show When I use
How do I only load specific sheet(s) with
smci 30.5k18 gold badges110 silver badges145 bronze badges asked Oct 23, 2014 at 4:21
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As noted by @HaPsantran, the entire Excel file is read in during the Note that the If
answered Oct 23, 2014 at 5:16
NoahNoah 20.2k8 gold badges62 silver badges71 bronze badges 11 There are a few options: Read all sheets directly into an ordered dictionary.
Read the first sheet directly into dataframe
Read the excel file and get a list of sheets. Then chose and load the sheets.
Read all sheets and store it in a dictionary. Same as first but more explicit.
Thanks @ihightower for pointing it out way to read all sheets and @toto_tico,@red-headphone for pointing out the version issue.
answered Sep 6, 2017 at 18:16
Vikash SinghVikash Singh 12.3k8 gold badges37 silver badges67 bronze badges 2 You can also use the index for the sheet:
will give the first worksheet. for the second worksheet:
answered Feb 25, 2015 at 22:58
ElliottElliott 1,29112 silver badges12 bronze badges 1 You could also specify the sheet name as a parameter:
will upload only the sheet
answered Feb 11, 2017 at 19:37
Mat0kanMat0kan 4214 silver badges4 bronze badges Option 1 If one doesn't know the sheets names
Then, depending on the sheet one wants to read, one can pass each of them to a specific
Option 2 If the name is not relevant and all one cares about is the position of the sheet. Let's say one wants only the first sheet,
Then, depending on the sheet name, one can pass each it to a specific
answered Nov 24, 2020 at 12:15
Gonçalo PeresGonçalo Peres 7,6033 gold badges40 silver badges68 bronze badges
by default read the first sheet of workbook.
read the specific sheet of workbook and
read all the worksheets from excel to pandas dataframe as a type of OrderedDict means nested dataframes, all the worksheets as dataframes collected inside dataframe and it's type is OrderedDict. answered Aug 1, 2019 at 17:01
Ashu007Ashu007 7271 gold badge9 silver badges13 bronze badges If you are interested in reading all sheets and merging them together. The best and fastest way to do it
This will convert all the sheet into a single data frame m_df answered Aug 11, 2020 at 3:02
anujsyalanujsyal 1581 silver badge6 bronze badges You can read all the sheets using the following lines
answered Sep 1, 2021 at 13:09
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Then, you can pass a list of worksheet names. Which you could populate manually:
OR A bit of automation is possible if your desired worksheets have a common naming convention that also allows you to differentiate from unwanted sheets:
answered Aug 17, 2020 at 21:32
CreekGeekCreekGeek 1,4491 gold badge12 silver badges19 bronze badges 1
This
will read sheet answered Jun 27, 2021 at 10:32
TajinderTajinder 2,1784 gold badges30 silver badges49 bronze badges Yes unfortunately it will always load the full file. If you're doing this repeatedly probably best to extract the sheets to separate CSVs and then load separately. You can automate that process with d6tstack which also adds additional features like checking if all the columns are equal across all sheets or multiple Excel files.
See d6tstack Excel examples answered Dec 17, 2018 at 3:10
citynormancitynorman 4,4702 gold badges34 silver badges38 bronze badges If you have saved the excel file in the same folder as your python program (relative paths) then you just need to mention sheet number along with file name. Example:
albert 7,3478 gold badges44 silver badges79 bronze badges answered Jan 13, 2020 at 7:25
How do you read all excel files in a folder in pandas?To read all excel files in a directory, use the Glob module and the read_excel() method.
How do I view excel files in pandas?To read an excel file as a DataFrame, use the pandas read_excel() method. You can read the first sheet, specific sheets, multiple sheets or all sheets. Pandas converts this to the DataFrame structure, which is a tabular like structure.
How read multiple excel files in Python?Approach:. Import necessary python packages like pandas, glob, and os.. Use glob python package to retrieve files/pathnames matching a specified pattern i.e. '. xlsx'. Loop over the list of excel files, read that file using pandas. ... . Convert each excel file into a dataframe.. Display its location, name, and content.. How do I view data in multiple excel files?Highlight each worksheet tab you want to search by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking each tab you would like to search. Once each worksheet you want to search is highlighted, perform a Find, and all highlighted worksheets will be searched.
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