title: Deleting Rows in .xls using python Script
body: <p>I am new to python But what I want to do as of now is delete few of the rows in my excel file with extension .xls . Excel version is 2007 . I know we can use xlrd xlwt  packages but I have no idea which are the function calls that need to be performed to delete rows or coloumns . I delete only those rows which contains a particular column with a specific file . </p>
  
  <p>I know about <code>open_workbook</code> and reading rows and columns but is having trouble with deletion of a row in an Excel file .  At the same time I would also like to know if I can create a new excel file also and if so how ? A Document link on the above particular feature would be of great help but I could not find one which discusses about deletion of rows or colouns through python Script</p>