python - pandas read_excel multiple tables on the same sheet

Question

Is it possible to read multiple tables from a sheet excel file using pandas ? Something like: read table1 from row0 until row100 read table2 from row 102 until row202 ...

Answer 1

Assuming we have the following Excel file:

Solution: we are parsing the first sheet (index: 0)

xl = pd.ExcelFile(fn)
nrows = xl.book.sheet_by_index(0).nrows

df1 = xl.parse(0, skipfooter= nrows-(10+1)).dropna(axis=1, how='all')
df2 = xl.parse(0, skiprows=12).dropna(axis=1, how='all')

EDIT: skip_footer was replaced with skipfooter

Result:

In [123]: df1
Out[123]:
    a   b   c
0  78  68  33
1  62  26  30
2  99  35  13
3  73  97   4
4  85   7  53
5  80  20  95
6  40  52  96
7  36  23  76
8  96  73  37
9  39  35  24

In [124]: df2
Out[124]:
   c1  c2  c3 c4
0  78  88  59  a
1  82   4  64  a
2  35   9  78  b
3   0  11  23  b
4  61  53  29  b
5  51  36  72  c
6  59  36  45  c
7   7  64   8  c
8   1  83  46  d
9  30  47  84  d