import sys from xml.sax import saxutils from xml.sax import parse class ExcelHandler(saxutils.DefaultHandler): def __init__(self): self.chars=[] self.cells=[] self.rows=[] self.tables=[] def characters(self, content): self.chars.append(content) def startElement(self, name, atts): if name=="Cell": self.chars=[] elif name=="Row": self.cells=[] elif name=="Table": self.rows=[] def endElement(self, name): if name=="Cell": self.cells.append(''.join(self.chars)) elif name=="Row": self.rows.append(self.cells) elif name=="Table": self.tables.append(self.rows) excelHandler=ExcelHandler() parse(sys.argv[1], excelHandler) print excelHandler.tables