How to read excel into Julia?

Question

I need to read an excel file into Julia. I tried the package "ExcelReaders". However, the package requires additionally the Python or the xlrd package. Although it uses the conda.jl package to install these dependencies automatically, I keep on running into different installation problems. Is there a simple way to read excel into Julia? Has anyone tried the Taro.jl package?

Answer 1

There is only one pure-Julia v1.0-compatible Excel reader available:

XLSX.jl

It has no dependencies on Python or Java. Install it from the package manager by typing ]add XLSX in the console, then load it with using XLSX. Here is the tutorial document.