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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: import Excel file
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:36:54 +0000 (UTC)
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Tanker <Tanker93@hotmail.com> wrote:
: Hi,
: 
: I want to import data from an ms exel file in my program. Can someone give
: me a hint how I can realize that. I already tried to read the exel file as a
: text_io and sequential_Io file but it's not possible as Text_IO 'cause it
: must be a sequential_IO (or direct_IO) file. The problem with the
: sequential_IO is, that i can't figure out how the form and substance of the
: file looks like (is it a record, what kind of record(contents)?)

Just reading in an Excel file isn't probably promising, because
it is not a text file. The structure of the binary data isn't
usually known. However, you could try exporting sheets to CSVs,
and read these with less effort.