python xlrd attribute error

Question

Im trying to view basic info in an excel file ,like sheet names,etc

from xlrd import open_workbook
book = open_workbook('SampleData.xlsx')
book.sheet_names

However it dosent seem to recognize sheetname, sheet_by_index etc .Below is the error

AttributeError: module 'xlrd.book' has no attribute 'sheet_names'

Answer 1

After reading the documentation Here , I found out that a line in your code is calling a function but it is missing parantheses. That function being sheet_names() . Just change the following in your code for it to work...

from xlrd import open_workbook
book = open_workbook('SampleData.xlsx')
book.sheet_names()  #ADD THE MISSING PARANTHESES HERE

Hope it helps. Happy coding :)