book = xlrd.open_workbook(‘workbook.xls’, on_demand = True) sheet = book.sheet_by_index(0) data = [[str(c.value) for c in sheet.row(i)] for i in xrange(sheet.nrows)]
import xlrdbook = xlrd.open_workbook(‘workbook.xls’, on_demand = True)sheet = book.sheet_by_index(0)data = [[str(c.value) for c in sheet.row(i)] for i in xrange(sheet.nrows)]book.release_resources()del book