Question: i M not able to use xlrd module though i have installed the same??? Error obtained : Traceback (most recent call last): File "D:\xlrd_1.py", line 1, in import xlrd File "D:\Python31\lib\xlrd__init__.py", line 345 u"Consolidate_Area": u"\x00", ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Code : import xlrd print ("hi") Some more description: 1)i m using python 3.1, 2)i have installed xlrd-0.7.1.win32.exe (md5) taken from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.7.1. 3)able to see the xlrd package in python\Lib\Site-packages 4)tried copying to include file also which didnt work. Need help on this..searched stackoverflow for the same problem as well as else where i didnt find answer so posting the same Appreciate for any help on the same