Goal of the script is to take the data from an excel file that

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Asked: June 15, 20262026-06-15T19:38:48+00:00 2026-06-15T19:38:48+00:00

Goal of the script is to take the data from an excel file that

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Goal of the script is to take the data from an excel file that is generated daily from a cron job & append that data to the bottom of a ‘master’ excel file.

Here is where I am right now:

# Find the most recent excel file created by the cron job & open it.

localtime = time.localtime(time.time())
yy = localtime.tm_year
mm = localtime.tm_mon
dd = localtime.tm_mday

file_name = 'daily_' + str(yy) + '_' + str(mm) + '_' + str(dd-1) + '.xls'
file_loc = '/Users/' + file_name
new_sheet = open_workbook(file_loc, on_demand=True).sheet_by_index(0)

# Grab all the data from the recent cron job file starting at row 2 to avoid
# including headers.

for row in range(1, new_sheet.nrows):
    values = []
    for col in range(new_sheet.ncols):
        values.append(new_sheet.cell(row,col).value)
"""
The above loop structures the list 'values[]' in a way that the print
statement of value looks like the below output; which matches the formatting of 
master_file.xlsx:

        2341511  Sports 12112 Dog   324.92
        71611    Other  18192 Cat   128.17
        ...
"""

# Find the excel master file & open it.

sheet = open_workbook('master_file.xlsx').sheet_by_index(0)

# Find the first row that is empty.
new_row = sheet.nrows + 1

# Append the values[] list to the master file starting at row(new_row) and save
# the db file.

for row_num, row in enumerate(values, new_row):
    for col_num, col in enumerate(row):
        sheet.row(row_num).write(col_num, col)

sheet.save('master_file.xlsx')

My traceback error is:

File "daily.py", line 45, in <module>
    sheet.row(row_num).write(col_num, col)
  File "/Users/code/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xlrd/sheet.py", line 462, in row
    for colx in xrange(len(self._cell_values[rowx]))
IndexError: list index out of range

Any help would be greatly appreciated!