I have a string with a sourcefile path and another string with a destfile path, both pointing to Excel workbooks.
I want to take the first sheet of the sourcefile and copy it as a new tab to the destfile (doesn't matter where in the destfile), then save it.
Couldn't find an easy way in xlrd
or xlwt
or xlutils
to do this. Am I missing something?
Solution 1
A Python-only solution using the openpyxl
package. Only data values will be copied.
import openpyxl as xl
path1 = 'C:\\Users\\Xukrao\\Desktop\\workbook1.xlsx'
path2 = 'C:\\Users\\Xukrao\\Desktop\\workbook2.xlsx'
wb1 = xl.load_workbook(filename=path1)
ws1 = wb1.worksheets[0]
wb2 = xl.load_workbook(filename=path2)
ws2 = wb2.create_sheet(ws1.title)
for row in ws1:
for cell in row:
ws2[cell.coordinate].value = cell.value
wb2.save(path2)
Solution 2
A solution using an Excel application to do the actual copying. Data values, formatting and everything else in the sheet is copied.
from win32com.client import Dispatch
path1 = 'C:\\Users\\Xukrao\\Desktop\\workbook1.xlsx'
path2 = 'C:\\Users\\Xukrao\\Desktop\\workbook2.xlsx'
xl = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
xl.Visible = True # You can remove this line if you don't want the Excel application to be visible
wb1 = xl.Workbooks.Open(Filename=path1)
wb2 = xl.Workbooks.Open(Filename=path2)
ws1 = wb1.Worksheets(1)
ws1.Copy(Before=wb2.Worksheets(1))
wb2.Close(SaveChanges=True)
xl.Quit()
This might help if you're not opposed to using Pandas
import pandas as pd
#change xxx with the sheet name that includes the data
data = pd.read_excel(sourcefile, sheet_name="xxx")
#save it to the 'new_tab' in destfile
data.to_excel(destfile, sheet_name='new_tab')
Hope it helps
You could also try xlwings.
import xlwings as xw
wb = xw.Book(r'C:\path\to\file.xlsx')
sht = wb.sheets['Sheet1']
new_wb = xw.Book(r'C:\new_path\to\file.xlsx')
new_wb.sheets['name'] = sht