xlsx2dict 0.1.0

A Python library for reading and writing Excel files, converting between xlsx and dictionaries or text.

xlsx2dict

A Python library for reading and writing Excel files, converting between xlsx and dictionaries or text.

Installation

pip install xlsx2dict

Usage

Reading sheets

from xlsx2dict import sheets

sheet_names = sheets('example.xlsx')
print(sheet_names)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
xlsx_file	str or Path	Path to the Excel file

Reading data as list of lists

from xlsx2dict import read

table = read('example.xlsx', 'Sheet1')
print(table)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
xlsx_file	str or Path	-	Path to the Excel file
sheet_name	str or int	-	Name or index of the sheet to read
remove_comment	bool	True	Whether to remove rows starting with '#'

Reading data as dictionary

from xlsx2dict import read_dict

data = read_dict('example.xlsx', 'Sheet1')
print(data)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
xlsx_file	str or Path	-	Path to the Excel file
sheet_name	str or int	None	Name or index of the sheet to read (default: first sheet)
strip	bool	True	Whether to strip whitespace from cell values
key_map	dict	None	Mapping to rename column headers
remove_comment	bool	True	Whether to remove rows starting with '#'
save_list	bool	False	Whether to save the entire row as 'list'
head_rows	int	1	Number of header rows
row_offset	int	0	Row offset for numbering

Writing data

from xlsx2dict import write

table = [['A', 'B'], [1, 2], [3, 4]]
write(table, 'output.xlsx', 'Sheet1')

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
table	list	-	Data as list of lists
xlsx_file	str or Path	-	Path to the output Excel file
sheet_name	str	None	Name of the sheet (default: 'Sheet1')

Writing dictionary data

from xlsx2dict import write_dict

data = {'Sheet1': [['A', 'B'], [1, 2]]}
write_dict('output.xlsx', data)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
xlsx_file	str or Path	Path to the output Excel file
data	dict	Dictionary with sheet names as keys

Converting to text

xlsx2text example.xlsx -o output.txt

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
xlsx_file	str or Path	-	Path to the Excel file
index	int or str	None	Index of the sheet to convert (1-based, default: all)
output_file	str or Path	None	Path to the output text file (default: print to console)

License

MIT