{"id":49,"date":"2026-02-08T17:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T09:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2026-01-17T05:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T05:37:37","slug":"how-to-read-excel-data-to-python-list-using-xlwings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/how-to-read-excel-data-to-python-list-using-xlwings\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Read Excel Data to Python List Using xlwings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Method<\/h2>\n<h3><b>Row data<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>#xlwings<\/p>\n<p>bk=xw.Book()<\/p>\n<p>sht=bk.sheets(1)<\/p>\n<p>lst=sht.range(&#8216;A1:E1&#8217;).value\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 #Read data from a worksheet<\/p>\n<p>print(lst)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>#xlwings API<\/p>\n<p>#sht=bk.api.Sheets(1)<\/p>\n<p>#lst=sht.Range(&#8216;A1:E1&#8217;).Value\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 #Read data from a worksheet<\/p>\n<p>#print(lst)<\/p>\n<p>#print(list(lst[0]))<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><b>Column data<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>#xlwings<\/p>\n<p>#lst=sht.range(&#8216;A1:A5&#8217;).value<\/p>\n<p>#print(lst)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>#xlwings API<\/p>\n<p>#lst=sht.Range(&#8216;A1:E1&#8217;).Value\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 #Read data from a worksheet<\/p>\n<p>#lst2=[]<\/p>\n<p>#for i in range(len(lst)):<\/p>\n<p>#\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lst2.append(list(lst[i]))<\/p>\n<p>#print(lst)<\/p>\n<p>#print(lst2)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>#lst3=[]<\/p>\n<p>#for i in range(len(lst)):<\/p>\n<p>#\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lst3.append(list(lst[i][0]))<\/p>\n<p>#print(lst3)<\/p>\n<h2>Sample Code<\/h2>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>#Reading Excel Data into Python Lists \n\nimport xlwings as xw    #Import the xlwings package\n\n#Row data\n#xlwings\napp=xw.App()\nbk=xw.books.open('data.xlsx')\nsht=bk.sheets(1)\nlst=sht.range('A1:E1').value    #Read data from a worksheet\nprint(lst)\n\n#xlwings API\n#sht=bk.api.Sheets(1)\n#lst=sht.Range('A1:E1').Value    #Read data from a worksheet\n#print(lst)\n#print(list(lst&#91;0]))\n\n#Column data\n#xlwings\nlst=sht.range('A1:A5').value\nprint(lst)\n\n#xlwings API\n#lst=sht.Range('A1:E1').Value    #Read data from a worksheet\n#lst2=&#91;]\n#for i in range(len(lst)):\n#    lst2.append(list(lst&#91;i]))\n#print(lst)\n#print(lst2)\n\n#lst3=&#91;]\n#for i in range(len(lst)):\n#    lst3.append(list(lst&#91;i]&#91;0]))\n#print(lst3)\n\n#bk.close()\n#app.kill()<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/44.png\" alt=\"Read Excel Data to Python List Using xlwings\" class=\"wp-image-335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/44.png 883w, https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/44-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/44-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/45.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/45.png 764w, https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/45-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Method<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xlwings-data"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}