title: How to convert a text file to Excel with Python
body: <p>I have a text file (textfile.txt) in a folder called DOT and I am trying to convert that file to an Excel file (Excelfile.xls) using Python code.  I am not familiar with Python but from other comments I wrote the code below.  The code does not work.  Could anyone help me get the correct syntax? </p>
  
  <pre><code>book = xlwt.Workbook()
  import xlwt
  import xlrd
  f = open('/DOT/textfile.txt', 'r+')
  book.save('/DOT/Excelfile' + '.xls')
  </code></pre>