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Using pandas and openpyxl to Create, Merge, and Style Excel Files with DataFrames

This guide demonstrates how to install pandas and openpyxl, create DataFrames, write them to Excel worksheets, merge cells, combine multiple DataFrames into separate sheets, merge multiple Excel files, apply styles and conditional formatting, and remove duplicate rows using Python.

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Using pandas and openpyxl to Create, Merge, and Style Excel Files with DataFrames

Install Pandas and openpyxl

pip install pandas openpyxl

Create DataFrames

import pandas as pd
# Create DataFrame
df1 = pd.DataFrame({
    '姓名': ['张三', '李四', '王五'],
    '年龄': [25, 30, 35],
    '城市': ['北京', '上海', '广州']
})

df2 = pd.DataFrame({
    '姓名': ['赵六', '孙七', '周八'],
    '年龄': [40, 45, 50],
    '城市': ['深圳', '成都', '杭州']
})
print(df1)
print(df2)

Merge Cells with openpyxl

import pandas as pd
from openpyxl import Workbook
from openpyxl.utils.dataframe import dataframe_to_rows

# Create DataFrame
df1 = pd.DataFrame({
    '姓名': ['张三', '李四', '王五'],
    '年龄': [25, 30, 35],
    '城市': ['北京', '上海', '广州']
})

wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.active
for r_idx, row in enumerate(dataframe_to_rows(df1, index=False, header=True)):
    for c_idx, value in enumerate(row, 1):
        ws.cell(row=r_idx+1, column=c_idx, value=value)

ws.merge_cells('A1:B1')  # Merge A1 and B1
wb.save('merged_cells.xlsx')

Write Multiple DataFrames to Different Sheets

import pandas as pd

# Create DataFrames df1 and df2 as above
with pd.ExcelWriter('combined_sheets.xlsx', engine='openpyxl') as writer:
    df1.to_excel(writer, sheet_name='Sheet1', index=False)
    df2.to_excel(writer, sheet_name='Sheet2', index=False)

Merge Multiple Excel Files into One Workbook

import pandas as pd
files = ['file1.xlsx', 'file2.xlsx']
dfs = []
for file in files:
    dfs.append(pd.read_excel(file))
combined = pd.concat(dfs, ignore_index=True)
combined.to_excel('combined_files.xlsx', index=False)

Merge Multiple DataFrames into Different Sheets

import pandas as pd
from openpyxl import Workbook
from openpyxl.utils.dataframe import dataframe_to_rows

# Create df1 and df2 as above
wb = Workbook()
ws1 = wb.create_sheet(title='Sheet1')
ws2 = wb.create_sheet(title='Sheet2')

for r_idx, row in enumerate(dataframe_to_rows(df1, index=False, header=True)):
    for c_idx, value in enumerate(row, 1):
        ws1.cell(row=r_idx+1, column=c_idx, value=value)
for r_idx, row in enumerate(dataframe_to_rows(df2, index=False, header=True)):
    for c_idx, value in enumerate(row, 1):
        ws2.cell(row=r_idx+1, column=c_idx, value=value)
wb.save('multiple_sheets.xlsx')

Apply Styles to Merged Cells

import pandas as pd
from openpyxl import Workbook
from openpyxl.utils.dataframe import dataframe_to_rows
from openpyxl.styles import Font, Alignment

# Create DataFrame df1 as above
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.active
font_style = Font(bold=True, color="FF0000")
alignment = Alignment(horizontal="center", vertical="center")
for r_idx, row in enumerate(dataframe_to_rows(df1, index=False, header=True)):
    for c_idx, value in enumerate(row, 1):
        cell = ws.cell(row=r_idx+1, column=c_idx, value=value)
        if r_idx == 0:
            cell.font = font_style
            cell.alignment = alignment
ws.merge_cells('A1:B1')
ws['A1'].font = font_style
ws['A1'].alignment = alignment
wb.save('merged_cells_with_styles.xlsx')

Conditional Formatting on Merged Cells

import pandas as pd
from openpyxl import Workbook
from openpyxl.utils.dataframe import dataframe_to_rows
from openpyxl.styles import Font, PatternFill
from openpyxl.formatting.rule import CellIsRule

# Create DataFrame df1 as above
wb = Workbook()
ws = wb.active
font_style = Font(bold=True, color="FF0000")
fill_style = PatternFill(start_color="FFFF00", end_color="FFFF00", fill_type="solid")
for r_idx, row in enumerate(dataframe_to_rows(df1, index=False, header=True)):
    for c_idx, value in enumerate(row, 1):
        cell = ws.cell(row=r_idx+1, column=c_idx, value=value)
        if r_idx == 0:
            cell.font = font_style
ws.merge_cells('A1:B1')
rule = CellIsRule(operator='equal', formula=['"北京"'], stopIfTrue=True, fill=fill_style)
ws.conditional_formatting.add('C1:C3', rule)
wb.save('merged_cells_with_conditional_formatting.xlsx')

Merge DataFrames and Remove Duplicates

import pandas as pd
# Create df1 and df2 as above
combined = pd.concat([df1, df2], ignore_index=True)
unique_combined = combined.drop_duplicates()
unique_combined.to_excel('unique_combined_files.xlsx', index=False)
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