How to make dataframe from different parts of an Excel sheet given specific keywords? - pandas

Question

I have one Excel file where multiple tables are placed in same sheet. My requirement is to read certain tables based on keyword. I have read tables using skip rows and nrows method, which is working as of now, but in future it won't work due to dynamic table length.
Is there any other workaround apart from skip rows & nrows method to read table as shown in picture?
I want to read data1 as one table & data2 as another table. Out of which in particular I want columns "RR","FF" & "WW" as two different data frames.
Appreciate if some one can help or guide to do this.
Method I have tried:
all_files=glob.glob(INPATH+"*sample*")
df1 = pd.read_excel(all_files[0],skiprows=11,nrows= 3)
df2 = pd.read_excel(all_files[0],skiprows=23,nrows= 3)
This works fine, the only problem is table length will vary every time.

Answer 1

With an Excel file identical to the one of your image, here is one way to do it:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_excel("file.xlsx").dropna(how="all").reset_index(drop=True)
# Setup
targets = ["Data1", "Data2"]
indices = [df.loc[df["Unnamed: 0"] == target].index.values[0] for target in targets]
dfs = []
for i in range(len(indices)):
# Slice df starting from first indice to second one
try:
data = df.loc[indices[i] : indices[i + 1] - 1, :]
except IndexError:
data = df.loc[indices[i] :, :]
# For one slice, get only values where row starts with 'rr'
r_idx = data.loc[df["Unnamed: 0"] == "rr"].index.values[0]
data = data.loc[r_idx:, :].reset_index(drop=True).dropna(how="all", axis=1)
# Cleanup
data.columns = data.iloc[0]
data.columns.name = ""
dfs.append(data.loc[1:, :].iloc[:, 0:3])
And so:
for item in dfs:
print(item)
# Output
rr ff ww
1 car1 1000000 sellout
2 car2 1500000 to be sold
3 car3 1300000 sellout
rr ff ww
1 car1 1000000 sellout
2 car2 1500000 to be sold
3 car3 1300000 sellout