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user3455972
user3455972

Reputation: 711

How to access the real value of a cell using the openpyxl module for python

I am having real trouble with this, since the cell.value function returns the formula used for the cell, and I need to extract the result Excel provides after operating.

Thank you.

Ok, I think I ahve found a way around it; apparently to access cell.internal value you have to use the iter_rows() in your worksheet previously, which is a list of "RawCell".

for row in ws.iter_rows():

    for cell in row:

        print cell.internal_value

Upvotes: 71

Views: 210498

Answers (6)

Matthew Wilde
Matthew Wilde

Reputation: 1

I made a value decoder for instances when you need a name off of a name sheet. Hope this helps!

def valueDecode(value="NAME_SHEET!B2",wb):
    #value = "=NAME_SHEET!B2"

    if "=" not in str(value): #checks to see if it is referring to another sheet 
        return value

    decodeSheet = ""

    preDecode1 = value.split("=") #removes equal sign
    decode = preDecode1[1].split("!") #should have the name of the sheet and then the cell we need to use 
    #print(decode) 

    dSheet = (str(decode[0]))
    decodeSheet = wb[dSheet]
    #find B2 Value if it exists 
    #print(decodeSheet[decode[1]].internal_value)
    #save value 
    raw_value = decodeSheet[decode[1]].internal_value
    return raw_value #should return the name that exists on the name sheet

Upvotes: 0

Iulian Stana
Iulian Stana

Reputation: 1732

Like Charlie Clark already suggest you can set data_only on True when you load your workbook:

from openpyxl import load_workbook

wb = load_workbook("file.xlsx", data_only=True)
sh = wb["Sheet_name"]
print(sh["x10"].value)

Upvotes: 121

freemangifts
freemangifts

Reputation: 154

Please use this below in Python, and you can get the real values with openpyxl module:

for row in ws.iter_rows(values_only=True):
    for cell in row:
        print(cell)

Upvotes: 0

Rohit Gawas
Rohit Gawas

Reputation: 277

You can try following code.Just provide the excel file path and the location of the cell which value you need in terms of row number and column number below in below code.

    from openpyxl import Workbook
    wb = Workbook()
    Dest_filename = 'excel_file_path'
    ws=wb.active
    print(ws.cell(row=row_number, column=column_number).value)

Upvotes: 13

Charlie Clark
Charlie Clark

Reputation: 19537

From the code it looks like you're using the optimised reader: read_only=True. You can switch between extracting the formula and its result by using the data_only=True flag when opening the workbook.

internal_value was a private attribute that used to refer only to the (untyped) value that Excel uses, ie. numbers with an epoch in 1900 for dates as opposed to the Python form. It has been removed from the library since this question was first asked.

Upvotes: 35

Vitaly Isaev
Vitaly Isaev

Reputation: 5815

Try to use cell.internal_value instead.

Upvotes: 1

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