title: Getting error while reading excel sheet using python
body: <pre><code>from xlrd import *
  
  book = open_workbook("File_1.xls")
  
  #sheet = book.sheets()[0]           
  #book.sheets() returns a list of sheet objects...     alternatively...
  #sheet = book.sheet_by_name("qqqq") #we can pull by name
   sheet = book.sheet_by_index(0)     #or by the index it has in excel's sheet collection
  
  r = sheet.row(0)                    #returns all the CELLS of row 0,
  c = sheet.col_values(0)             #returns all the VALUES of row 0,
  
  for i in xrange(sheet.nrows):
  print sheet.row_values(5) 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am reading a file which is in my desktop , but when I am running the script written in python it's giving error </p>
  
  <pre><code>  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Python26\ReadXLS.py", line 6, in &lt;module&gt;
    book = open_workbook("File_1.xls")
    File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\xlrd\__init__.py", line 449, in open_workbook
    ragged_rows=ragged_rows,
   File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\xlrd\__init__.py", line 941, in biff2_8_load
   f = open(filename, open_mode)
    IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'File_1.xls'
  </code></pre>