Compare 2 excel files using Python

Question

I have two xlsx files as follows:

value1   value2   value3
0.456   3.456    0.4325436
6.24654 0.235435 6.376546
4.26545 4.264543 7.2564523
         


        

Answer 1

Use pandas and you can do it as simple as this:

import pandas as pd

df1 = pd.read_excel('excel1.xlsx')
df2 = pd.read_excel('excel2.xlsx')

difference = df1[df1!=df2]
print difference

And the result will look like this: