Openpyxl check for empty cell

Question

openpyxl seems to be a great method for using Python to read Excel files, but I\'ve run into a constant problem. I need to detect whether a ce

Answer 1

You can change the cell or cells you wish to validate Also you can code, for example:

import openpyxl

wb = openpyxl.load_workbook("file.xlsx")
sheet = wb.get_sheet_by_name('Sheet1')

if sheet.cell(row = 1, column=7).value == None:
    print("Blank") 
else:
    print("No blank")

Answer 2

This worked for me.

if cell.value is None:
    print("Blank")
else:
    print("Not Blank")

Answer 3

The

if cell.value is None:

is the best option to use for this case.

if you wish to use it in an iteration, you can use it like this:

ws=wb.active
names=ws['C']
for x in names:
    if x.value is None:
        break
    print(x.value)

The problem with ws.max_column and ws.max_row is that it will count blank columns as well, thus defeating the purpose.

Answer 4

To do something when cell is not empty add:

if cell.value:

which in python is the same as if cell value is not None (i.e.: if not cell.value == None:)

Note to avoid checking empty cells you can use

worksheet.get_highest_row()

and

worksheet.get_highest_column()

Also I found it useful (although might not be a nice solution) if you want to use the contents of the cell as a string regardless of type you can use:

unicode(cell.value)