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On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Joel Goldstick
<joel.goldstick@gmail.com> wrote:
> there is a python module that reads and writes to excel files.  look for
> that

More than one, actually, and which to use depends on whether "Excel
files" means the .xls or .xlsx format.  On Windows, the most flexible
solution is going to be to just use COM to control the Excel
application in reading and writing the files.  Outside of Windows, the
best bet is usually to work with csv files instead, as Dave suggested.