how to convert xls to xlsx

Question

I have some *.xls(excel 2003) files， and I want to convert those files into xlsx(excel 2007).

I use the uno python package, when I save the documents, I can set the

Answer 1

CONVERT XLS FILE TO XLSX

Using python3.6 I have just come accross the same issue and after hours of struggle I solved it by doing the ff, you probably wont need all of the packages: (I will be as clear as posslbe)

make sure to install the following packages before proceeding

pip install pyexcel, pip install pyexcel-xls, pip install pyexcel-xlsx,

pip install pyexcel-cli

step 1:

import pyexcel

step 2: "example.xls","example.xlsx","example.xlsm"

sheet0 = pyexcel.get_sheet(file_name="your_file_path.xls", name_columns_by_row=0)

step3: create array from contents

xlsarray = sheet.to_array() 

step4: check variable contents to verify

xlsarray

step5: pass the array held in variable called (xlsarray) to a new workbook variable called(sheet1)

sheet1 = pyexcel.Sheet(xlsarray)

step6: save the new sheet ending with .xlsx (in my case i want xlsx)

sheet1.save_as("test.xlsx")