How to split the text file into rows and columns and save in excel using python

Question

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I have a text file with a long sequence of data(combination of integer and string values) and I want to split the text file into rows and columns and then finally save the data into excel file using python.I tried to convert this file into csv but everything is getting stored into a single row.

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I want the data to be splitted into different rows and columns based on the spacing. I tried with split function but its not working.

Answer 1

You can do this using pandas .

>>> import pandas as pd
>>> df = pd.read_table('filename.txt')
>>> df.to_excel('filename.xlsx')

In the read_table() method, adjust the delimiter method by using the sep= argument.