{"id":11,"date":"2026-01-23T11:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:24:31","slug":"how-to-selecting-rows-and-columns-using-xlwings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/how-to-selecting-rows-and-columns-using-xlwings\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Select Rows and Columns Using xlwings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Method<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">#Select a single row<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">sht[&#8216;1:1&#8217;].select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 8.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings API<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Rows(1) .Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Range(&#8216;1:1&#8217;).Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Range(&#8216;a1&#8217;).EntireRow.Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">#Select multiple consecutive rows<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht[&#8216;1:5&#8217;].select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht[0:5,:].select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 8.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings API<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Rows(&#8216;1:5&#8217;).Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Range(&#8216;1:5&#8217;).Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Range(&#8216;A1:A5&#8217;).EntireRow.Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">#Select multiple non-consecutive rows<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.range(&#8216;1:5,7:10&#8217;).select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 8.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings API<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Range(&#8216;1:5,7:10&#8217;).Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">#Select a single column<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.range(&#8216;A:A&#8217;).select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 8.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings API<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Columns(1).Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Columns(&#8216;A&#8217;).Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Range(&#8216;A:A&#8217;).Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Range(&#8216;A1&#8217;).EntireColumn.Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">#Select multiple consecutive columns<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.range(&#8216;B:C&#8217;).select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht[:,1:3].select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 8.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#xlwings API<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Columns(&#8216;B:C&#8217;).Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Range(&#8216;B:C&#8217;).Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 14.0pt;\">#sht.api.Range(&#8216;B1:C2&#8217;).EntireColumn.Select()<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1; font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; 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