How To Reference Entire Columns Using xlwings?

Method

Single Column

#xlwings

sht.range(‘A:A’).select()    #Column 1

#xlwings API

#sht.api.Columns(1).Select()

#sht.api.Columns(‘A’).Select()

#sht.api.Range(‘A:A’).Select()

#sht.api.Range(‘A1’).EntireColumn.Select()

Multiple Columns

#xlwings

#sht.range(‘B:C’).select()

#sht[:,1:3].select()

#xlwings API

#sht.api.Columns(‘B:C’).Select()

#sht.api.Range(‘B:C’).Select()

#sht.api.Range(‘B1:C2’).EntireColumn.Select()

Sample Code

#Referencing an Entire Column

import xlwings as xw    #Import the xlwings package

app=xw.App()
bk=app.books.active    #Get the active workbook
sht=bk.sheets.active    #Get the active worksheet

#Single Column
#xlwings
sht.range('A:A').select()    #Column 1

#xlwings API
#sht.api.Columns(1).Select()
#sht.api.Columns('A').Select()
#sht.api.Range('A:A').Select()
#sht.api.Range('A1').EntireColumn.Select()

#Multiple Columns
#xlwings
#sht.range('B:C').select()
#sht[:,1:3].select()

#xlwings API
#sht.api.Columns('B:C').Select()
#sht.api.Range('B:C').Select()
#sht.api.Range('B1:C2').EntireColumn.Select()

#bk.close()
#app.kill()