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Is it possible to fetch the tabular data copied from Excel into a list, tuple or dictionary using python? The data will contain multiple rows and columns, such as range A1:B10, therefore the python array should contain row and column index information as well

alwbtc
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I recommend you to save the file as csv and use numpy.genfromtxt

For instance

import numpy as np
data = np.genfromtxt("G:/mydata.csv", delimiter=',', dtype=object)

Choose your params accordingly. From an array you can easily convert to anything you like. If you know, that you have doubles all over, you can set dtype=np.float forthwith.

embert
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  • I just copy a range from an Excel table. Can python access this tabular data in the clipboard? – alwbtc Jan 15 '14 at 12:35
  • @alwbtc Didn't read your question carefully. Check out [this thread](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/101128/how-do-i-read-text-from-the-windows-clipboard-from-python) – embert Jan 15 '14 at 12:38
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There are some libraries can help you read data from Excel files in Python.

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  • Thanks, but I don't want to read a file. I just want to get the clipboard data into a python array. – alwbtc Jan 15 '14 at 12:37