How to read the excels 'Student Name' column data using xlrd?

Question

How to read the excels 'Student Name' column data using xlrd ?

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Answer 1

import xlrd
book=xlrd.open_workbook('sample.xlsx')
print book.nsheets
print book.sheet_names()
sheet=book.sheet_by_index(1)
sheet.col_values(col_num) #This line reads the column data. I guess you know how to load the sheet and all.