How to compare words from .txt file against words in .xlsx file via Python? I will then extract these words by writing it to a new .xls file
aishan0403 at gmail.com
aishan0403 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 4 23:31:19 EDT 2019
On Monday, 5 August 2019 07:21:52 UTC+8, MRAB wrote:
> On 2019-08-05 00:10, A S wrote:
> > Oh... By set did you mean by using python function set(variable) as
> > something?
> >
> > So sorry for bothering you..
> >
> Make it a set (outside the loop):
>
> dictionary = set()
>
> and then add the words to it (inside the loop):
>
> dictionary.add(cell_range.value)
>
> (Maybe also rename the variable to, say, "words_wanted", because calling
> it "dictionary" when it's not a dictionary (dict) could be confusing...)
>
> > On Mon, 5 Aug 2019, 6:52 am A S, <aishan0403 at gmail.com
> > <mailto:aishan0403 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Previously I had tried many methods and using set was one of them
> > but it didn't work out either.. I even tried to append it to a
> > list but it's not working out..
> >
> > On Mon, 5 Aug 2019, 2:29 am MRAB, <python at mrabarnett.plus.com
> > <mailto:python at mrabarnett.plus.com>> wrote:
> >
> > On 2019-08-04 18:53, A S wrote:
> > > Hi Mrab,
> > >
> > > Thank you so much for your detailed response, I really really
> > > appreciate it as I have been constantly trying to seek help
> > regarding
> > > this issue.
> > >
> > > Yes, I figured that the dictionary is only capturing the
> > last value :(
> > > I've been trying to get it to capture and store all the
> > values to
> > > memory in python but it's not working..
> > >
> > > Are there any improvements that I could make to allow my
> > code to work?
> > >
> > > I would be truly grateful if you could provide further
> > insights on this..
> > >
> > > Thank you so much.
> > >
> > Make it a set and then add the words to it.
> >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 5 Aug 2019, 1:45 am MRAB,
> > <python at mrabarnett.plus.com <mailto:python at mrabarnett.plus.com>
> > > <mailto:python at mrabarnett.plus.com
> > <mailto:python at mrabarnett.plus.com>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 2019-08-04 09:29, aishan0403 at gmail.com
> > <mailto:aishan0403 at gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:aishan0403 at gmail.com
> > <mailto:aishan0403 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > > I want to compare the common words from multiple .txt
> > files
> > > based on the words in multiple .xlsx files.
> > > >
> > > > Could anyone kindly help with my code? I have been
> > stuck for
> > > weeks and really need help..
> > > >
> > > > Please refer to this link:
> > > >
> > >
> > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57319707/how-to-compare-words-from-txt-file-against-words-in-xlsx-file-via-python-i-wi
> > > >
> > > > Any help is greatly appreciated really!!
> > > >
> > > First of all, in this line:
> > >
> > > folder_path1 =
> > os.chdir("C:/Users/xxx/Documents/xxxx/Test
> > > python dict")
> > >
> > > it changes the current working directory (not a
> > problem), but 'chdir'
> > > returns None, so from that point 'folder_path1' has the
> > value None.
> > >
> > > Then in this line:
> > >
> > > for file in os.listdir(folder_path1):
> > >
> > > it's actually doing:
> > >
> > > for file in os.listdir(None):
> > >
> > > which happens to work because passing it None means to
> > return the
> > > names
> > > in the current directory.
> > >
> > > Now to your problem.
> > >
> > > This line:
> > >
> > > dictionary = cell_range.value
> > >
> > > sets 'dictionary' to the value in the spreadsheet cell,
> > and you're
> > > doing
> > > it each time around the loop. At the end of the loop,
> > 'dictionary'
> > > will
> > > be set to the _last_ such value. You're not collecting
> > the value, but
> > > merely remembering the last value.
> > >
> > > Looking further on, there's this line:
> > >
> > > if txtwords in dictionary:
> > >
> > > Remember, 'dictionary' is the last value (a string), so
> > that'll be
> > > True
> > > only if 'txtwords' is a substring of the string in
> > 'dictionary'.
> > >
> > > That's why you're seeing only one match.
> > >
> >
My latest reply to Mrab in case anybody needs it (and p.s. I'm so sorry for spamming you Mrab):
Mrab! Thank you so much for your constant replies ! I'm able to print out the words now!! Using these codes:
import os, sys
import xlrd
from xlrd import open_workbook
import openpyxl
from openpyxl.reader.excel import load_workbook
import xlwt
from xlwt import Workbook
#The filepath that I will be saving my .xls file to:
filepath = ('C:/Users/xxx/Documents/xxx/xyz.xls')
#The .xls file:
wb2 = xlrd.open_workbook('C:\\Users\\xxx\\Documents\\xxx\\xyz.xls', on_demand= True)
wb2 = Workbook()
sheet2 = wb2.add_sheet("kksheet", cell_overwrite_ok=True)
#The .xlxs file that contains the words I want to compare with the .txt files:
folder_path1 = os.chdir("C:/Users/xxx/Documents/xxx/Test python dict")
words= set()
for file in os.listdir(folder_path1):
if file.endswith(".xlsx"):
wb = load_workbook(file, data_only=True)
ws = wb.active
words.add(str(ws['A1'].value))
#cell_range = ws['A1']
#with open('copy.txt','w+') as f:
# f.write(str(cell_range.value))
# Me writing the name of each .txt file to the .xls file:
for r, dir in enumerate(os.listdir("C:/Users/xxx/Documents/xxx/txt test python")):
sheet2.write(r+1,1,dir)
#Reading .txt file and trying to make the sentence into words instead of lines so that I can compare the .txt individual words with the .xlsx file:
path = os.chdir("C:/Users/xxx/Documents/xxx/txt test python")
for name in os.listdir(path):
if name.endswith(".txt"):
with open(name, 'r') as texts:
s = texts.read()
import re
m = re.match(r'(?:.*?\n)(?P<word>\w+?)\b', s)
if m:
word = m.group('word')
if word in words:
print(word)
sheet2.write(r+1,2,word)
wb2.save(filepath)
But I'm not able to write the printed values to my excel workbook..its only printing "pear" again..
I want to get this outcome:
apples
orange
pear
But I'm only getting the last value again, am I writing the code wrongly..?
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