AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'open_workbook'

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Jay Jesus Amorin wrote:
 > Hi,
 >
 > Kindly help, I've got this error when running my script:
 >
 > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'open_workbook'
 >
 >
 > Here's my code:
 >
 > #!/usr/bin/python
 >
 > import xlrd
 > import sys
 >
 > mySpreadsheet = xlrd.open_workbook(open(sys.argv[1]))
 > firstSheet = wb.sheet_by_index(0)
 >
 > for myRows in range(sh.nrows):
 >     print firstSheet.row_values(myRows)
 >
 >
 > Here's the error message:
 >
 > root at nebuchadnezzar:/home/test/project# ./xlrd.py test.xls
 > Traceback (most recent call last):
 >   File "./xlrd.py", line 3, in <module>
 >     import xlrd
 >   File "/home/jayam/project/xlrd.py", line 6, in <module>
 >     mySpreadsheet = xlrd.open_workbook(open(sys.argv[1]))
 > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'open_workbook'
 >
 From the traceback it looks like your script is called "xlrd.py", which
is the same name as the module "xlrd" that it's importing. If that's the
case, rename your script.