Well i have a question that i feel i've been answered several times, from what i found here. However, as a newbie, i can't really understand how to perform a really basic operation.
Here's the thing :
i have an .xls and when i use xlrd to get a value i'm just using
sh.cell(0,0) (assuming that sh is my sheet);
if what is in the cell is a string i get something like text:u'MyName' and i only want to keep the string 'MyName';
if what is in the cell is a number i get something like number:201.0 and i only want to keep the integer 201.
If anyone can indicate me what i should to only extract the value, formatted as i want, thank you.
sh.cell(x, y) returns an instance of the class Cell. When you print sh.cell(x,y) you are returning the repr function of the class (so it prints type:value).
you should try:
cell = sh.cell(x,y)
print(cell.value)
I cannot test this since I don't have xlrd but, I think it will work given the documentation: https://secure.simplistix.co.uk/svn/xlrd/trunk/xlrd/doc/xlrd.html#sheet.Cell-class