gary engstrom wrote:
Dear Python Tutor,
Being new to python I was wondering if there is a way to import exel data
into pyrhon matrix/arrays so that I have some data to work with. I know R
uses Rcmdr as an easy interface
for excel data, which helps keep the reader engaged while learning the
language.
Python doesn't directly support Excel binary formats such as xls, but it
does support the interchange CSV format. See the csv module:
http://docs.python.org/library/csv.html
http://effbot.org/librarybook/csv.htm
Also, if you write your data to a tab-delimited file, you can just read
the file line by line, splitting on tabs.
Finally, if you must deal with Excel binary formats, there is at least
one third-party library that might help. Google for "python excel" for
links.
--
Steven
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