convert xls to csv python code example

Example 1: Convert Excel to CSV using Python

import pandas as pd
data_xls = pd.read_excel('excelfile.xlsx', 'Sheet2', dtype=str, index_col=None)
data_xls.to_csv('csvfile.csv', encoding='utf-8', index=False)

Example 2: convert all excel files in folder to csv python

import pandas as pd
import os
import glob


source="D:\\source\\"
dest='D:\\dest\\'
os.chdir(source)

for file in glob.glob("*.xls"):
       df = pd.read_excel(file)
       df.to_csv(dest+file+'.csv', index=False)
       os.remove(file)
for file in glob.glob("*.xlsx"):
       df = pd.read_excel(file)
       df.to_csv(dest+file+'.csv', index=False)
       os.remove(file)