python - pandas.read_excel parameter "sheet_name" not working

Question

According to pandas doc for 0.21+, pandas.read_excel has a parameter sheet_name that allows specifying which sheet is read. But when I am trying to read the second sheet from an excel file, no matter how I set the parameter (sheet_name = 1, sheet_name = 'Sheet2'), the dataframe always shows the first sheet, and passing a list of indices (sheet_name = [0, 1]) does not return a dictionary of dataframes but still the first sheet. What might be the problem here?

Answer 1

It looks like you're using the old version of Python. So try to change your code

df = pd.read_excel(file_with_data, sheetname=sheet_with_data)

It should work properly.