open_workbook(file_name)

sheet = xls.sheet_by_index(sheet_no) 
sheet = xls.sheet_by_name(sheet_name)

sheet.row_values(i)  
sheet.col_values(i)

nrows = sheet.nrows  
ncols = sheet.ncols

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- 
''''' 
Created on 2012-12-14 
 
@author:  walfred
@module: XLRDPkg.read 
@description:
'''   
import os 
import types 
import xlrd as ExcelRead 
 
def readXLS(file_name): 
    if os.path.isfile(file_name): 
        try: 
            xls = ExcelRead.open_workbook(file_name) 
            sheet = xls.sheet_by_index(0) 
        except Exception, e: 
            print "open %s error, error is %s" %(file_name, e) 
            return 
 
    rows_cnt = sheet.nrows 
    for row in range(1, rows_cnt): 
        name = sheet.row_values(row)[0].encode("utf-8").strip() 
        sex = sheet.row_values(row)[1].encode("utf-8").strip() 
        age = sheet.row_values(row)[2] 
        if type(age) is types.FloatType:#判讀下類型 
            no = str(int(age)) 
        else: 
            age = no.encode("utf-8").strip() 
 
        country = sheet.row_values(row)[3].encode("utf-8").strip() 
        print "Name: %s, Sex: %s, Age: %s, Country: %s" %(name, sex, age, country) 
 
if __name__ == "__main__": 
    readXLS("./test_read.xls");