Python: Pandas pd.read_excel giving ImportError: Install xlrd >= 0.9.0 for Excel support

Question

I am trying to read a .xlsx with pandas, but get the follwing error:

data = pd.read_excel(low_memory=False, io=\"DataAnalysis1/temp1.xlsx\").fillna(         


        

Answer 1

I encountered same problem and took 2 hours to figure it out.

1. pip install xlrd (latest)
2. pip install pandas (latest)
3. Go to C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages and check for xlrd folder (if there are 2 of them) delete the old version
4. open a new terminal and use pandas to read excel. It should work.