Write tables from Word (.docx) to Excel (.xlsx) using xlsxwriter
BBT
aishan0403 at gmail.com
Wed May 27 14:55:12 EDT 2020
On Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:40:49 UTC+8, Peter Otten wrote:
> BBT wrote:
>
> > On Thursday, 28 May 2020 01:36:26 UTC+8, Peter Otten wrote:
> >> BBT wrote:
> >>
> >> > I am trying to parse a word (.docx) for tables, then copy these tables
> >> > over to excel using xlsxwriter. This is my code:
> >> >
> >> > from docx.api import Document
> >> > import xlsxwriter
> >> >
> >> > document = Document('/Users/xxx/Documents/xxx/Clauses Sample - Copy v1
> >> > - for merge.docx') tables = document.tables
> >> >
> >> > wb = xlsxwriter.Workbook('C:/Users/xxx/Documents/xxx/test clause
> >> > retrieval.xlsx') Sheet1 = wb.add_worksheet("Compliance")
> >> > index_row = 0
> >> >
> >> > print(len(tables))
> >> >
> >> > for table in document.tables:
> >> > data = []
> >> > keys = None
> >> > for i, row in enumerate(table.rows):
> >> > text = (cell.text for cell in row.cells)
> >> >
> >> > if i == 0:
> >> > keys = tuple(text)
> >> > continue
> >> > row_data = dict(zip(keys, text))
> >> > data.append(row_data)
> >> > #print (data)
> >> > #big_data.append(data)
> >> > Sheet1.write(index_row,0, str(row_data))
> >> > index_row = index_row + 1
> >> >
> >> > print(row_data)
> >> >
> >> > wb.close()
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > This is my desired output: https://i.stack.imgur.com/9qnbw.png
> >> >
> >> > However, here is my actual output: https://i.stack.imgur.com/vpXej.png
> >> >
> >> > I am aware that my current output produces a list of string instead.
> >> >
> >> > Is there anyway that I can get my desired output using xlsxwriter?
> >>
> >> I had to simulate docx.api. With that caveat the following seems to work:
> >>
> >> import xlsxwriter
> >>
> >> # begin simulation of
> >> # from docx.api import Document
> >>
> >> class Cell:
> >> def __init__(self, text):
> >> self.text = text
> >>
> >> class Row:
> >> def __init__(self, cells):
> >> self.cells = [Cell(c) for c in cells]
> >>
> >> class Table:
> >> def __init__(self, data):
> >> self.rows = [
> >> Row(row) for row in data
> >> ]
> >>
> >> class Document:
> >> def __init__(self):
> >> self.tables = [
> >> Table([
> >> ["Hello", "Test"],
> >> ["est", "ing"],
> >> ["gg", "ff"]
> >> ]),
> >> Table([
> >> ["Foo", "Bar", "Baz"],
> >> ["ham", "spam", "jam"]
> >> ])
> >> ]
> >>
> >> document = Document()
> >>
> >> # end simulation
> >>
> >> wb = xlsxwriter.Workbook("tmp.xlsx")
> >> sheet = wb.add_worksheet("Compliance")
> >>
> >> offset = 0
> >> for table in document.tables:
> >> for y, row in enumerate(table.rows):
> >> for x, cell in enumerate(row.cells):
> >> sheet.write(y + offset, x, cell.text)
> >> offset += len(table.rows) + 1 # one empty row between tables
> >>
> >> wb.close()
> >
> >
> > Hi Peter, thank you for your efforts :)
> >
> > However, what if there are many tables in the word document, it would be
> > tedious to have to code the texts in the tables one by one. Can I instead,
> > call on the word document and let Python do the parsing for tables and its
> > contents?
>
> I don't understand. You have docx.api available, so you can replace
>
> the "simulation" part of my example with just these two lines:
>
> from docx.api import Document
> document = Document('/Users/xxx/Documents/xxx/Clauses Sample - Copy v1 - for merge.docx')
>
> I should work -- it's just that I cannot be sure it will work because I could
> not test it.
I tried your code by replacing the Document portion:
import xlsxwriter
# begin simulation of
# from docx.api import Document
class Cell:
def __init__(self, text):
self.text = text
class Row:
def __init__(self, cells):
self.cells = [Cell(c) for c in cells]
class Table:
def __init__(self, data):
self.rows = [
Row(row) for row in data
]
class Document:
def __init__(self):
self.tables = [
Table([
["Hello", "Test"],
["est", "ing"],
["gg", "ff"]
]),
Table([
["Foo", "Bar", "Baz"],
["ham", "spam", "jam"]
])
]
#document = Document()
# end simulation
document = Document('/Users/Ai Shan/Documents/CPFB Work/Clauses Sample - Copy v1 - for merge.docx')
wb = xlsxwriter.Workbook('C:/Users/Ai Shan/Documents/CPFB Work/test clause retrieval.xlsx')
Sheet1 = wb.add_worksheet("Compliance")
offset = 0
for table in document.tables:
for y, row in enumerate(table.rows):
for x, cell in enumerate(row.cells):
sheet.write(y + offset, x, cell.text)
offset += len(table.rows) + 1 # one empty row between tables
wb.close()
But I received an error:
TypeError: __init__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given
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