Python 3 - Merging an .xls / deleting rows / removing duplicates

Question

I am attempting to combine 3 .xls files - and want to do this in python3.

I need to delete the some rows first then combine them into one .xls , then remove duplicates.(i will later manipulate the data for graphs)

I seek guidance on which modules to use that work in python3 that can achieve this effect.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I seek guidance on which modules to use that work in python3 that can achieve this effect.

Pandas is definitely your best bet.

03 - Lesson: - Creating functions - Reading from EXCEL - Exporting to EXCEL - slice and dice data

04 - Lesson: - Adding/deleting columns - Index operations

http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/tutorials.html

Here's how to merge the separate files into one sheet: Import multiple excel files into python pandas and concatenate them into one dataframe

Here's how to delete rows: Deleting DataFrame row in Pandas based on column value

Here's how to delete duplicates: Remove rows with duplicate indices (Pandas DataFrame and TimeSeries)