pandas.read_excel parameter “sheet_name” not working

Question

According to the doc, pandas.read_excel has a parameter sheet_name that allows specifying which sheet is read. But when I am trying to read the second

Answer 1

You can try to use pd.ExcelFile:

xls = pd.ExcelFile('path_to_file.xls')
df1 = pd.read_excel(xls, 'Sheet1')
df2 = pd.read_excel(xls, 'Sheet2')

Answer 2

Try at Terminal, type the following first, then re-run your program: pip install xlrd

Answer 3

It looks like you're using the old version of Python. So try to change your code

df = pd.read_excel(file_with_data, sheetname=sheet_with_data)

It should work properly.

Answer 4

This works:

df = pd.read_excel(open(file_path_name), 'rb'), sheetname = sheet_name)

file_path_name = your file
sheet_name = your sheet name

This does not for me:

df = pd.read_excel(open(file_path_name), 'rb'), sheet_name = sheet_name)

Gave me only the first sheet, no matter how I defined sheet_name.

--> it is an known error: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/17107