How to copy over an Excel sheet to another workbook in Python
Solution 1
A Python-only solution using the openpyxl
package. Only data values will be copied.
import openpyxl as xl
path1 = 'C:\\Users\\Xukrao\\Desktop\\workbook1.xlsx'
path2 = 'C:\\Users\\Xukrao\\Desktop\\workbook2.xlsx'
wb1 = xl.load_workbook(filename=path1)
ws1 = wb1.worksheets[0]
wb2 = xl.load_workbook(filename=path2)
ws2 = wb2.create_sheet(ws1.title)
for row in ws1:
for cell in row:
ws2[cell.coordinate].value = cell.value
wb2.save(path2)
Solution 2
A solution that uses the pywin32
package to delegate the copying operation to an Excel application. Data values, formatting and everything else in the sheet is copied. Note: this solution will work only on a Windows machine that has MS Excel installed.
from win32com.client import Dispatch
path1 = 'C:\\Users\\Xukrao\\Desktop\\workbook1.xlsx'
path2 = 'C:\\Users\\Xukrao\\Desktop\\workbook2.xlsx'
xl = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
xl.Visible = True # You can remove this line if you don't want the Excel application to be visible
wb1 = xl.Workbooks.Open(Filename=path1)
wb2 = xl.Workbooks.Open(Filename=path2)
ws1 = wb1.Worksheets(1)
ws1.Copy(Before=wb2.Worksheets(1))
wb2.Close(SaveChanges=True)
xl.Quit()
Solution 3
A solution that uses the xlwings
package to delegate the copying operation to an Excel application. Xlwings is in essence a smart wrapper around (most, though not all) pywin32
/appscript
excel API functions. Data values, formatting and everything else in the sheet is copied. Note: this solution will work only on a Windows or Mac machine that has MS Excel installed.
import xlwings as xw
path1 = 'C:\\Users\\Xukrao\\Desktop\\workbook1.xlsx'
path2 = 'C:\\Users\\Xukrao\\Desktop\\workbook2.xlsx'
wb1 = xw.Book(path1)
wb2 = xw.Book(path2)
ws1 = wb1.sheets(1)
ws1.api.Copy(Before=wb2.sheets(1).api)
wb2.save()
wb2.app.quit()
This might help if you're not opposed to using Pandas
import pandas as pd
#change xxx with the sheet name that includes the data
data = pd.read_excel(sourcefile, sheet_name="xxx")
#save it to the 'new_tab' in destfile
data.to_excel(destfile, sheet_name='new_tab')
Hope it helps