# Reading \*.xls file

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-xls-file/6143>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 3, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-xls-file/6143 "2013-04-03T07:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![d.laquidain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@d.laquidain](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/d.laquidain)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-xls-file/6143/1 "2013-04-03T07:02:52Z")

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Does anybody know how to read a xls file (excel) with phyton instructions?

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-xls-file/6143/2 "2013-04-03T20:05:47Z")

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There currently isn’t a library built-in to read xls files in Python. Sometimes xls files are just xml which you can read in.