get_sheet {IndexError}list index out of range // XLSX can't be opened

[lbesnard]

Hi

I've found some issues trying to open some xlsx files:

pyexcel.get_sheet(file_name="BAD.xlsx")   

returns {IndexError}list index out of range

I then opened the BAD.xlsx with libreoffice and exported it as a xlsx 2009/2013 to GOOD.xlsx.
then running the same command was successful
pyexcel.get_sheet(file_name="GOOD.xlsx")

Files attached
GOOD.xlsx
BAD.xlsx

I'm running the latest versions of the pyexcel packages

Cheers!

[chfw]

Reproduced

[chfw]

In next release, pyexcel.exceptions.NoDataRead exception will be raised, to indicate no data read. I thought passing empty data structure around is not effective as passing an exception.

[chfw]

I had a change in mind as people are not used to get an exception when '{}' is returned so giving:

{"": [[]]]} to a sheet
and
{} to a book.

[lbesnard]

@chfw thanks a lot for the help. I have installed the new release. However do you know what is wrong with this file ? I still cannot seem to parse it.
Cheers

[chfw]

I have a library which can handle it: pyexcel-xlsxr, which uses lxml to read it instead.

I tried it and it works.

in order to use it, you need to pass: get_sheet(.... library='pyexcel-xlsxr') after pip install pyexcel-xslxr.

or, you have into pip uninstall pyexcel-xlsx pyexcel-xls so that no xlsx reader will compete for pyexcel-xlsxr.

[chfw]

Oh...no.. there is loads of data inside.