how to read certain of an excel file in python

To read a certain cell or range of cells in an Excel file, you can use the pandas library. Here's an example code snippet to read a specific cell:

main.py
import pandas as pd

# Read the Excel file
df = pd.read_excel('example.xlsx')

# Get value of a specific cell
cell_value = df.iloc[0, 0]  # 0th row, 0th column
print(cell_value)
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To read a range of cells, you can use the loc function with row and column indices:

main.py
# Get values of a range of cells
cell_range = df.loc[0:2, 'Column1':'Column3']  # rows 0-2, columns 'Column1'-'Column3'
print(cell_range)
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Here, 0:2 specifies that we want rows 0 to 2 (inclusive), and 'Column1':'Column3' specifies that we want columns 'Column1' to 'Column3' (inclusive).

Note that in both examples, you will need to replace 'example.xlsx' with the filepath to your own Excel file, and 'Column1' and 'Column3' with the names or indices of the first and last columns in your desired range.