1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 2 import xlrd
 3 def read_excel():
 4     # 打开文件
 5     workbook = xlrd.open_workbook(r'E:\pycharm project\movies.xls')
 6     # 获取所有sheet
 7     print workbook.sheet_names() # [u'sheet1', u'sheet2']
 8     #获取sheet2
 9     sheet2_name= workbook.sheet_names()[1]
10     print sheet2_name
11     # 根据sheet索引或者名称获取sheet内容
12     sheet2 = workbook.sheet_by_name('Sheet2')
13     # sheet的名称，行数，列数
14     print sheet2.name,sheet2.nrows,sheet2.ncols
15     rows = sheet2.row_values(3) # 获取第四行内容
16     cols = sheet2.col_values(2) # 获取第三列内容
17     print rows
18     print cols
19     #获取单元格内容的三种方法
20     print sheet2.cell(1,0).value.encode('utf-8')
21     print sheet2.cell_value(1,0).encode('utf-8')
22     print sheet2.row(1)[0].value.encode('utf-8')
23     # 获取单元格内容的数据类型
24     print sheet2.cell(1,3).ctype
25 if __name__ == '__main__':
26     read_excel()

需要注意

1.python读取excel中单元格的内容返回的有5种类型，即上面例子中的ctype:

ctype :  0 empty,1 string, 2 number, 3 date, 4 boolean, 5 error

2.大小写要一致

3.日期显示

if (sheet2.cell(rows,cols).ctype == 3):
        date_value = xlrd.xldate_as_tuple(sheet2.cell_value(4,0),workbook.datemode)
        date_tmp = date(*date_value[:3]).strftime('%Y/%m/%d')
        print date_tmp

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