Convert Old XLS and ODS Spreadsheets to JSON
Read legacy Excel .xls files and OpenDocument .ods spreadsheets and get JSON rows. This example converts the first sheet of one XLS and one ODS file, ten rows each. Replace the links with your own files, or name the sheets you need.
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