Trouble reading Excel file.

[Shembeginner]

I have an excel file that I want to read in pandas.

My code is:

pd.read_excel(r'file:///C:\Users\srodger\Desktop\amg-20200301132033.xlsx')
    print(df)

Output:
                     <?xml version="1.0"?>
0      <pwx xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSche...
1                                              <workout>
2          <goal>CdA Testing for Campbell and Nick</g...
3                            <sportType>Bike</sportType>
4                   <title>Track Session (1-4pm)</title>
...                                                  ...
30628                                      <cad>14</cad>
30629                       <dist>3564.7490234375</dist>
30630                                          </sample>
30631                                         </workout>
30632                                             </pwx>

[30633 rows x 1 columns]

I believe the output that I am getting is an XML. I am confused, why would this be the case and how can I read this file in a pandas dataframe?? I have tried to follow blogs to get xml into pandas but have not been able to get the code to work.

Thanks - your help is appreciated!!

[Larz60+]

have you checked the excel file to see if it's valid?

[Shembeginner]

I got there... It took me a long time to try it but when i restarted the kernel in Jupyter labs it worked.


Thanks Shem