How to search and replace string in excel (.xls) file using Python?

Question

i am trying to use search and replace string in excel file (xls), actually - i need to find string and add before prefix * . For example

But i am getting a error:

LVdemact = {'two': two_replaced, 'six': six_replaced, 'five': five_replaced}
NameError: name 'two_replaced' is not defined

Code:

from xlrd import open_workbook
from xlutils.copy import copy
import xlsxwriter

rb = open_workbook("template.xlsx")

# Create an new Excel file and add a worksheet.
wb = xlsxwriter.Workbook('Updated_Workbook1.xlsx')
ws = wb.add_worksheet()

s_orig = rb.sheet_by_index(0)

LVdemact = {'two': two_replaced, 'six': six_replaced, 'five': five_replaced,}

for row in range(s_orig.nrows):
    for col in range(s_orig.ncols):
        if s_orig.cell(row,col).value in LVdemact:
            # s.write(row, col, LVdemact[item])
            ws.write(row, col, LVdemact[s_orig.cell(row,col).value])
        else:
            ws.write(row, col, s_orig.cell(row,col).value)
wb.close()

Answer 1

The issue is in the line - LVdemact = {'two': two_replaced, 'six': six_replaced, 'five': five_replaced,}

variables two_replaced, six_replaced and five_replaced are not defined. Do you want this to be a string ? then define this in this way -

LVdemact = {'two': 'two_replaced', 'six': 'six_replaced', 'five': 'five_replaced'}

Answer 2

You can use this

df = pd.DataFrame() # Your dataframe

for column in df.select_dtypes('object'):
    df[column] = df[column].str.replace('toreplace','newword')