Extract columns from Excel using Python

Question

I have an Excel file with the ff: row/col structure

ID   English   Spanish   French
 1   Hello     Hilo      Halu
 2   Hi        Hye       Ghi
 3   Bus               


        

Answer 1

Use pandas:

In [1]: import pandas as pd

In [2]: df = pd.ExcelFile('test.xls').parse('Sheet1', index_col=0) # reads file

In [3]: df.index = df.index.map(int)

In [4]: for col in df.columns:
   ...:     column = df[col]
   ...:     column.to_csv(column.name, sep='=')  # writes each column to a file                                                    
   ...:                                          # with filename == column name

In [5]: !cat English  # English file content
1=Hello
2=Hi
3=Bus