How to read cell value in openpyxl in Python

By Sanam Sahoo

In this openpyxl tutorial, we will learn how we can read the data from the cell of an Excel Sheet in Python.

The values that are stored in the cells of an Excel Sheet can be accessed easily using the openpyxl library. To read the cell values, we can use two methods, firstly the value can be accessed by its cell name, and secondly, we can access it by using the cell() function.

Program to read cell value using openpyxl Library in Python

Let’s understand it with an example:

Here, we took an Excel file having some values in its cells. We will access and read these values in our Python program using the openpyxl library.

Step1: Import the openpyxl library to the Python program.

import openpyxl

Step2: Load/Connect the Excel workbook to the program.

wb = openpyxl.load_workbook('filename.xlsx') #give the full path of the file here

Step3: Get the title of the default first worksheet of the Workbook.

sh = wb.active

Step4: Create variables and initialize them with the cell names.

c1 = sh['A1']
c2 = sh['B2']

Or

We can also read the cell value by using the cell() function. The cell() function takes rows and columns as the parameter for the position of the cell.

c3 = sh.cell(row=2,column=1)

Step5: Finally, print the values of the cell to the screen.

print("Value of the Cell 1:",c1.value)
print("Value of the Cell 2:",c2.value)
print("Value of the Cell 3:",c3.value)

Here is the complete program:

import openpyxl

wb = openpyxl.load_workbook("//home//codespeedy//Documents//Book2.xlsx")
sh = wb.active

c1 = sh['A2'] 
c2 = sh['B2']

#Using cell() function
c3 = sh.cell(row=3,column=3)

print("Value of the Cell 1:",c1.value) 
print("Value of the Cell 2:",c2.value) 
print("Value of the Cell 3:",c3.value)

Output:

Value of the Cell 1: Sanam
Value of the Cell 2: 21
Value of the Cell 3: 56000

Hope you have enjoyed this article and learned how to read the value of a cell of an Excel Workbook in Python.

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