{"id":37,"date":"2026-02-02T18:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2026-01-17T05:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T05:07:04","slug":"how-to-reference-the-last-row-or-column-using-xlwings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/how-to-reference-the-last-row-or-column-using-xlwings\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Reference the Last Row or Column Using xlwings?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Method<\/h2>\n

Last row<\/span><\/h3>\n

#xlwings<\/p>\n

sht.range(‘A1’).end(‘down’).<\/span>select()<\/span><\/p>\n

sht.range(‘A1’).end(‘down’).row<\/p>\n

#sht.cells(1,1).end(‘down’).row<\/p>\n

#sht.range(‘A’+str(sht.api.Rows.Count)).end(‘up’).row<\/p>\n

#sht.cells(sht.api.Rows.Count,1).end(‘up’).row<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

#xlwings API<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘A1’).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlDown).Row<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Cells(1,1).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlDown).Row<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘A’+str(sht.api.Rows.Count)).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlUp).Row<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Cells(sht.api.Rows.Count,1).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlUp).Row<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last column<\/span><\/h3>\n

#xlwings<\/p>\n

#sht.range(‘A1’).end(‘right’).column<\/p>\n

#sht.cells(1,1).end(‘right’).column<\/p>\n

#sht.cells(1,sht.api.Columns.Count).end(‘left’).column<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

#xlwings API<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘A1’).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlToRight).Column<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Cells(1,1).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlToRight).Column<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Cells(1,sht.api.Columns.Count).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlToLeft).Column<\/p>\n

Sample Code<\/h2>\n\n\n
#Referencing the Last Row or Column\n\nimport xlwings as xw    #Import the xlwings package\n\napp=xw.App()\nbk=app.books.open('last.xlsx')    #Get the active workbook\nsht=bk.sheets.active    #Get the active worksheet\n\n#Last row\n#xlwings\nsht.range('A1').end('down').select()\nprint(sht.range('A1').end('down').row)\n#sht.cells(1,1).end('down').row\n#sht.range('A'+str(sht.api.Rows.Count)).end('up').row\n#sht.cells(sht.api.Rows.Count,1).end('up').row\n\n#xlwings API\n#sht.api.Range('A1').End(xw.constants.Direction.xlDown).Row\n#sht.api.Cells(1,1).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlDown).Row\n#sht.api.Range('A'+str(sht.api.Rows.Count)).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlUp).Row\n#sht.api.Cells(sht.api.Rows.Count,1).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlUp).Row\n\n#Last column\n#xlwings\n#sht.range('A1').end('right').column\n#sht.cells(1,1).end('right').column\n#sht.cells(1,sht.api.Columns.Count).end('left').column\n\n#xlwings API\n#sht.api.Range('A1').End(xw.constants.Direction.xlToRight).Column\n#sht.api.Cells(1,1).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlToRight).Column\n#sht.api.Cells(1,sht.api.Columns.Count).End(xw.constants.Direction.xlToLeft).Column\n\n#bk.close()\n#app.kill()<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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