How do I read .xls file into a long string with Python? -

how can use python read .xls file long string? have thousands of files , want replace '.' ',' within each of them.

yeah did; doesn't work.

hmmm, works me

import xlrd #for reading import xlwt #for writing  def exceledit(path):     #open book:     wb = xlrd.open_workbook(path)      #create new book     book = xlwt.workbook(encoding="utf-8")      #open sheet:     in range(0, len(wb.sheet_names())):         sh = wb.sheet_by_index(i)         sh_name = wb.sheet_names()[i]         print(sh_name)          #create new sheet         sheet = book.add_sheet(sh_name)          #read row:         k in range(0, sh.nrows):             row = sh.row_values(k)              #replace '.' ',' in cell             j in range(0, len(row)):                 row[j] = str(row[j]).replace(".",",")                  # write row:                 sheet.write(k,j,row[j])      #save new book                 book.save(path[:-4] + "_edited.xls")  exceledit('d:/files/myexcelfile.xls') 

could give code?