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 Reading an excel file 

Last post Mon, Apr 16 2012 3:55 AM by aeris. 7 replies.
Started by Pawandeep 04 Apr 2012 10:59 PM. Topic has 7 replies.
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  • Wed, Apr 4 2012 10:59 PM

    • Pawandeep
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    Reading an excel file Reply

    Hi,

    Please advice on how to read xls file format using skill.
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  • Wed, Apr 4 2012 11:58 PM

    • luanvn81
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    Re: Reading an excel file Reply

     Hi!

    I'm not sure but i think you can  try to use the function:  axlHttp("your_file.xls") to open an excel file. 

    Luan.

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  • Thu, Apr 5 2012 12:18 AM

    • Pawandeep
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    RE: Reading an excel file Reply
    Hi Luan,

    I need to parse data(so that I can manipulate further) on my data which is xls format.

    The function u mentioned will not be helpful.
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  • Thu, Apr 5 2012 1:54 AM

    • pcbnagaraj
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    RE: Reading an excel file Reply
    Save the xls file as csv and use the parseString with comma as parser.

    Thanks,

    Nagaraj.
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  • Thu, Apr 5 2012 2:00 AM

    • Pawandeep
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    RE: Reading an excel file Reply
    Guys,

    My requirement is to use xls only
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  • Wed, Apr 11 2012 1:47 AM

    • eDaNoy
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    Re: Reading an excel file Reply

     Hello Pawandeep,

    i presume that you will going to read normal xls file with random characters...

    I suggest these steps that could help.

    1. use axlDMFileBrowse to browse ur file.this wil give you the path of your xls

    2. use inFile to read your xls and outFile to write the content of your xls.

    3. use parseString(item "\n")to break down xls content per line..

    4. then your process.

     

    there are xls format that could be used with specific delimiter.

    when you want CSV format then your contents are separated by ","

    CSV=comma separated value, can be used with parseString(item ",")

    or xxxx.txt in form of xls, this could be tabbed delimited xls "\t" can be used with parseString(item "\t") to breakdown your content..

    or you can post a sample of your xls document so we could give you the right terms...

    thanks

     

     

     
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  • Wed, Apr 11 2012 2:28 AM

    • Pawandeep
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    RE: Reading an excel file Reply
    Hello,

    Reading text from an *.xls file produces some “Non Readable” characters.

    Do you have small section of working code to read data from xls format?
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  • Mon, Apr 16 2012 3:55 AM

    • aeris
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    Re: RE: Reading an excel file Reply
    we are doing it this way,

    1. create a third party program that will read the xls file for you

    --> that program should save it to a txt file

    2. read using infile the txt file created

    --> use axlRunBatchDBProgram to run the program, then next to it the function that will read the txt file
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Started by Pawandeep at 04 Apr 2012 10:59 PM. Topic has 7 replies.