# Assuming data types for `a` and `b` columns to be altered
pd.read_excel('file_name.xlsx', dtype={'a': np.float64, 'b': np.int32})import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_excel('Book1.xlsx',sheetname='Sheet1',header=0,converters={'names':str,'ages':str})
>>> df
names ages
0 bob 05
1 tom 4
2 suzy 3#You will need the package openpyxl to use the .read_excel function.
# pip install openpyxl
import pandas as pd
inFile = "Table.xlsx"
inSheetName = "Sheet1"
pd.read_excel(inFile, sheet_name = inSheetName)