Reading files in from the proper directory

[SMac2347 at comcast.net]

Thanks for the responses.


Below is the code I have thus far. while the program runs glitch-free,
it only results in the printing of the message: "NOTE *** No xls files
in C:/Documents and Settings/smacdon/." as specified by my code. Any
idea as to why it might be unable to find the .xls documents (yes they
are .xls documents and not .xlsx). Thanks!


import xlrd, xlwt
import glob, os.path
def merge_xls (in_dir, out_file="C:\Documents and Settings\smacdon
\Desktop\09 Aggregate JWS\09_merged_data.xls"):
    xls_files   = glob.glob(in_dir + "*.xls")
    sheet_names = [os.path.basename(v)[:-4] for v in xls_files]
    sheet_excl  = [os.path.basename(v)[:-4] for v in xls_files if len
(os.path.basename(v)[:-4]) > 29]
    merged_book = xlwt.Workbook()
    if in_dir[-1:] != "/": in_dir = in_dir + "/"
    xls_files.sort()
    if xls_files:
        for k, xls_file in enumerate(xls_files):
            print "---> Processing file %s" % (xls_file)
            if len (sheet_names[k]) <= 29:
                book = xlrd.open_workbook(xls_file)
                if book.nsheets == 1:
                    ws  = merged_book.add_sheet(sheet_names[k])
                    sheet = book.sheet_by_index(0)
                    for rx in range(sheet.nrows):
                        for cx in range(sheet.ncols):
                            ws.write(rx, cx, sheet.cell_value(rx,
cx))
                elif book.nsheets in range(2, 100):
                    for sheetx in range(book.nsheets):
                        sheet0n = sheet_names[k]+str(sheetx
+1).zfill(2)
                        ws = merged_book.add_sheet(sheet0n)
                        sheet = book.sheet_by_index(sheetx)
                        for rx in range(sheet.nrows):
                            for cx in range(sheet.ncols):
                                ws.write(rx, cx, sheet.cell_value(rx,
cx))
                else:
                    print "ERROR *** File %s has %s sheets (maximum is
99)" % (xls_file, book.nsheets)
                    raise
            else:
                print "WARNING *** File name too long: <%s.xls>
(maximum is 29 chars) " % (sheet_names[k])
                print "WARNING *** File <%s.xls> was skipped." %
(sheet_names[k])
        merged_book.save(out_file)
        print
        print "---> Merged xls file written to %s using the following
source files: " % (out_file)
        for k, v in enumerate(sheet_names):
            if len(v) <= 29:
                print "\t", str(k+1).zfill(3), "%s.xls" % (v)
        print
        if sheet_excl:
            print "--> The following files were skipped because the
file name exceeds 29 characters: "
            for k, v in enumerate(sheet_excl):
                print "\t", str(k+1).zfill(3), v
    else:
        print "NOTE *** No xls files in %s." % (in_dir)
merge_xls(in_dir="C:\Documents and Settings\smacdon\Desktop\09
Aggregate JWS"