xlrd import issue with Python 2.7

Question

I have an assignment to read excel data in Python. I have Python 2.7 installed. I tried installing xlrd0.8.0 with the following commands in Windows.

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Answer 1

I had the same problem, seems like the is better if you export your xlsx to a csv file and then run the following on python

df = pd.read_csv('FileName.csv')

It should work like that. If you're using iPython or even better Jupyter then run df.head() to check if pandas reads your table properly.

Note, I am using Ubuntu