Python to delete a row in excel spreadsheet

Question

I have a really large excel file and i need to delete about 20,000 rows, contingent on meeting a simple condition and excel won\'t let me delete such a complex range when us

Answer 1

Don't delete. Just copy what you need.

1. read the original file
2. open a new file
3. iterate over rows of the original file (if the first column of the row does not contain the value X, add this row to the new file)
4. close both files
5. rename the new file into the original file